So this idea was blurted out today at our brewery.
We haven't bought our draft tower glycol unit yet, but we are anticipating an issue with the heat coming off of an air-cooled glycol chiller for our draft tower which sits in an attic like area above our walk-in box. In Arizona it gets toasty in the summer and even now. Exhaust and outside air intake out the roof isn't really an option.
We have an oversized chiller on the roof taking care of our FV's and Brites which has a supply and return port in the same attic as the Draft tower (We had originally planned to use this chiller for our walk-in box)
The question is, Is it possible/has anyone heard of a brewery using a water-cooled glycol unit rather than an air-cooled glycol unit for their draft tower, which is supplied with a glycol loop (from the one on the roof) where the water loop would be for the smaller unit?
A glycol-cooled glycol unit... if you will.
Is this possible, impractical?
Again this was just an idea that someone came up with today. I figured I would explore it with Probrewer.
We haven't bought our draft tower glycol unit yet, but we are anticipating an issue with the heat coming off of an air-cooled glycol chiller for our draft tower which sits in an attic like area above our walk-in box. In Arizona it gets toasty in the summer and even now. Exhaust and outside air intake out the roof isn't really an option.
We have an oversized chiller on the roof taking care of our FV's and Brites which has a supply and return port in the same attic as the Draft tower (We had originally planned to use this chiller for our walk-in box)
The question is, Is it possible/has anyone heard of a brewery using a water-cooled glycol unit rather than an air-cooled glycol unit for their draft tower, which is supplied with a glycol loop (from the one on the roof) where the water loop would be for the smaller unit?
A glycol-cooled glycol unit... if you will.
Is this possible, impractical?
Again this was just an idea that someone came up with today. I figured I would explore it with Probrewer.
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