I am wondering if anyone out there has carbonated beer while filtering through a plate and frame filter.
Usually we wait until the beer is filtered into the serving tank, then cooled to about 39F and then carbonate it through a stone apparatus by circulating it. The circulation process takes roughly 2 hours. The problem is waiting for the beer to cool back down to the 39F range so that I can carbonate it sufficiently. I am trying to speed up the process by carbonating inline if it is possible. There are severl concerns. 1) The beer temperature inside the filter. 2) Tank pressure ratings. 3) filter pressure ratings. The tanks can hold about 25LBS safely and the filter will run safely at about 2BAR or 30 LBS. What about keeping the temp low with sufficient throughput? Will the higher throughput mean that I have to increase my pressure? Will it also mean poor filtration?
If anyone can make any suggestions about doing something similar I would greatly appreciate your input.
Cheers
Todd
Usually we wait until the beer is filtered into the serving tank, then cooled to about 39F and then carbonate it through a stone apparatus by circulating it. The circulation process takes roughly 2 hours. The problem is waiting for the beer to cool back down to the 39F range so that I can carbonate it sufficiently. I am trying to speed up the process by carbonating inline if it is possible. There are severl concerns. 1) The beer temperature inside the filter. 2) Tank pressure ratings. 3) filter pressure ratings. The tanks can hold about 25LBS safely and the filter will run safely at about 2BAR or 30 LBS. What about keeping the temp low with sufficient throughput? Will the higher throughput mean that I have to increase my pressure? Will it also mean poor filtration?
If anyone can make any suggestions about doing something similar I would greatly appreciate your input.
Cheers
Todd
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