rustico_brewing
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Hello everyone! Hope everything is going well. So i have been trying to design a counterflow chiller that can cool 15 gallons of boiling wort to yeast pitching temperatures (around 16 degrees celsius or 60.8F) in as little time as possible. What i am trying to figure out is how long the chiller has to be, and according to the calculations I´ve made using 10 degrees celsius (50F) water going at 5 gallons per minute and wort flowing at 1 gallon per minute. The chiller length ends up being around 5.39 meters or approximately 18 feet. What Im not sure is that is possible or makes any sense for the application that i am trying to design it for it, just seems too short. So what i´m trying to get help with is any resources that could help me get the calculations for the counterflow chiller or to somehow check if all my data is correct because i am pretty lost.
The heat transfer necessary for this process is approximately 16.69kW or 56948.6 BTUs.
I used these two websites for reference:
http://brewlikeapro.net/heatexchangers.htmlhttps://www.pdhonline.com/courses/m371/m371content.pdf
any input would be greatly appreciated! thank you very much in advance
cheers
The heat transfer necessary for this process is approximately 16.69kW or 56948.6 BTUs.
I used these two websites for reference:
http://brewlikeapro.net/heatexchangers.htmlhttps://www.pdhonline.com/courses/m371/m371content.pdf
any input would be greatly appreciated! thank you very much in advance
cheers