Hi Everybody -
I submitted a hypothetical scenario to ProChiller for a brewery that does a large percentage of lagers and got a very large chiller recommended. I am not questioning their math - I am looking for ways to reducing the wort chilling load, which is driving the size of the chiller.
My question - Assuming a "worst case scenario" of a double brew day on a 15bbl system, what ways are there to help so that the chiller load isn't nearly 200k btu/hr when cooling from 85f to 52f in 60 mins? I am assuming it will be prechilling some amount of water to help with 1st stage cooling in the HEX but hope the forum can offer up some help from experience.
I have attached the sheet for reference.
Thanks,
John
I submitted a hypothetical scenario to ProChiller for a brewery that does a large percentage of lagers and got a very large chiller recommended. I am not questioning their math - I am looking for ways to reducing the wort chilling load, which is driving the size of the chiller.
My question - Assuming a "worst case scenario" of a double brew day on a 15bbl system, what ways are there to help so that the chiller load isn't nearly 200k btu/hr when cooling from 85f to 52f in 60 mins? I am assuming it will be prechilling some amount of water to help with 1st stage cooling in the HEX but hope the forum can offer up some help from experience.
I have attached the sheet for reference.
Thanks,
John
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