Heating the mash barrel

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Heating the mash barrel

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Don't know if this will work.
And I'm not good enough at math, to use the engineering formulas, I found while searching.
In the past I've used the hot waist water from the PC to preheat the next still charge.
Could a pre-condenser reclaim enough energy to heat a mash barrel?

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Keg pot with a 4000w heat on a stripping run.
The mash will start with boiling water having been added to the grain.
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Re: Heating the mash barrel

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"Could a pre-condenser reclaim enough energy to heat a mash barrel?"
The answer was no.
The good news is.
While doing research, I found some posts by Pintoshine on AD
With start to finish instructions, on "Mashing Corn with Steam Injection"
Thanks Pintoshine
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