trabus
Well-Known Member
I've been looking at all sorts of chillers, specifically counterflow, and I had an idea. Instead of using one 3/8 tube for the wort, use two, and twist the length of them together.
The idea is that it would cause the desired turbulence around the copper tubes, and allow you to move more wort at once. Then at the ends, the tubes would use a T and reducing couplings to seal off the water hose from the wort tubes. It would obviously require a larger hose, and larger T fittings. The twisting of the tube would require some care, but I think it could be done. The input would use a dual copper rack cane, and the output would join into a 1/2" T to accommodate the increased flow.
If the hose implementation would be too difficult, I figure it could also be applied to a hybrid design, with a 4" pvc pipe instead.
So does this even sound like it could work? I should note that I'm completely new to brewing, and have yet to brew my first batch. I hope my idea doesn't reflect that.
The idea is that it would cause the desired turbulence around the copper tubes, and allow you to move more wort at once. Then at the ends, the tubes would use a T and reducing couplings to seal off the water hose from the wort tubes. It would obviously require a larger hose, and larger T fittings. The twisting of the tube would require some care, but I think it could be done. The input would use a dual copper rack cane, and the output would join into a 1/2" T to accommodate the increased flow.
If the hose implementation would be too difficult, I figure it could also be applied to a hybrid design, with a 4" pvc pipe instead.
So does this even sound like it could work? I should note that I'm completely new to brewing, and have yet to brew my first batch. I hope my idea doesn't reflect that.