tinoespinosa69
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Just another crazy idea... My cooling process is as follows. I pump the hot wort to the Counterflow Coil with tap water. But the "pre-cooled" wort is returning to the BK. After having a lower temp around 100F, then I start the whirlpool. Form this point, I switch the water lines to ice-cold water from a cooler, pump the wort through the Counterflow chiller again, and discharge the wort to the Fermenter.
The pump is a Mark-II, so no so high-pressure discharge or flow ( 19 l/min or 5 gpm).
This process is consuming quite some time and is recirculating the wort several times to the BK until reaching the required temp before the second cooling step.
To improve the process, I was thinking to use an immersion chiller or maybe adding a HERMS type Coil inside the BK to use it as the first cooling step in my process.
I am assembling a water manifold, so it will only require to switch hoses connections point. And the hot water that actually is drained almost totally to the sewer, can be collected in the HLT for cleaning.
Does someone have a similar setup or experience with this?
Any idea is appreciated
The pump is a Mark-II, so no so high-pressure discharge or flow ( 19 l/min or 5 gpm).
This process is consuming quite some time and is recirculating the wort several times to the BK until reaching the required temp before the second cooling step.
To improve the process, I was thinking to use an immersion chiller or maybe adding a HERMS type Coil inside the BK to use it as the first cooling step in my process.
I am assembling a water manifold, so it will only require to switch hoses connections point. And the hot water that actually is drained almost totally to the sewer, can be collected in the HLT for cleaning.
Does someone have a similar setup or experience with this?
Any idea is appreciated