Reflux still in the making
Posted: Saturday Aug 24, 2013 7:19 pm
G'day Guy's,
This week I'll be finally getting the roll of 1/2" annealed copper pipe to make the condensor for the relux still I made a few years ago when I made the pot still. I have noticed the pot pic in the applejack thread has gone so is it ok for me to post pic's?
Anyway it is made from 2" SS pipe and tig welded to food standard by myself, the base of the still is a milk fitting so it is easy to connect and disconnect so the scrubbers can be taken for boiling to be cleaned. I also put in a SS threaded fitting where the T junction goes from the stem to the evaporator.
Now as it can take hours to do a batch I'm going to automate it and log the data, a DS1820B temp sensor will be at the top the pipe to measure temp and another one will be on the pot to prevent flash over. The water line to the condenser will be connected with a valve with a hobby servo to control the water flow. I'm using a 12 volt flojet pressure pump and a 200 litre drum of rainwater as the cooling system.
For the heating I'll also be putting a valve with a servo so the gas flow can be adjusted to keep the temp right.
This will all be controlled by a pic32 running MMBasic with a VGA display and date logging to a SDCard.
Now I can supply pic's but I do need to check first if I can and it will be shown on a 5 litre SS can for the boil pot, I won't talk about the other pot either.....
When I put thru 4 litres of Canadian Blonde thru my pot still and watered it down to 28% the liquor tasted like velvet going down the throat, no hard bite.....
One of my daughters threw all of her apricot pits into a plant pot and put potting mix in without telling mum and now we have 49 in the first batch and 21 more to come ready to be potted. So if any Adelaide guy's want apricot trees give me a yell....
Anyway enough to start and I do want to log my work but if it is deemed on the wrong side kill this thread and I'll go about my own way.
Cheers Bryan
P.S. All my attempts at HB have what you say worse than fosters so I found the way to make it right just do a bog standard HB kit for $10 then put thru the still then water it down to safe levels. It will be the BEST spirit one has ever tasted......
This week I'll be finally getting the roll of 1/2" annealed copper pipe to make the condensor for the relux still I made a few years ago when I made the pot still. I have noticed the pot pic in the applejack thread has gone so is it ok for me to post pic's?
Anyway it is made from 2" SS pipe and tig welded to food standard by myself, the base of the still is a milk fitting so it is easy to connect and disconnect so the scrubbers can be taken for boiling to be cleaned. I also put in a SS threaded fitting where the T junction goes from the stem to the evaporator.
Now as it can take hours to do a batch I'm going to automate it and log the data, a DS1820B temp sensor will be at the top the pipe to measure temp and another one will be on the pot to prevent flash over. The water line to the condenser will be connected with a valve with a hobby servo to control the water flow. I'm using a 12 volt flojet pressure pump and a 200 litre drum of rainwater as the cooling system.
For the heating I'll also be putting a valve with a servo so the gas flow can be adjusted to keep the temp right.
This will all be controlled by a pic32 running MMBasic with a VGA display and date logging to a SDCard.
Now I can supply pic's but I do need to check first if I can and it will be shown on a 5 litre SS can for the boil pot, I won't talk about the other pot either.....
When I put thru 4 litres of Canadian Blonde thru my pot still and watered it down to 28% the liquor tasted like velvet going down the throat, no hard bite.....
One of my daughters threw all of her apricot pits into a plant pot and put potting mix in without telling mum and now we have 49 in the first batch and 21 more to come ready to be potted. So if any Adelaide guy's want apricot trees give me a yell....
Anyway enough to start and I do want to log my work but if it is deemed on the wrong side kill this thread and I'll go about my own way.
Cheers Bryan
P.S. All my attempts at HB have what you say worse than fosters so I found the way to make it right just do a bog standard HB kit for $10 then put thru the still then water it down to safe levels. It will be the BEST spirit one has ever tasted......