Filtering from water tank to hlt reasonably fast

[morrillt]

We have a large 5000 water tank which we are mandated to use per city regulations.

It has been advised to me to use a 3 phase water filter consisting of the following

1) single 5 micron 20" spiral wound cartridge in "big blue" housing.
2) carbon filter for ~100 pounds of acid-washed coconut shell activated charcoal, 12x30 mesh.
3) single 1 micron 20" spiral wound cartridge in "big blue" housing.
This will be set up to run at best efficiency to fill the CLT--that is to say slow and not blasting through.


My question is, as far as matching filters to pumps / who can help me out with this. We want to design the HLT to fill reasonably fast, with 3 filtered water.

Any suggestions?

[dick murton]

You need to specify what flow rate you require, and how much needs to be removed by the carbon filter - presumably this is mainly for chlorine removal. If you goo too fast, insufficient chlorine will be removed/ If you go too slow, then you are wasting time. Only once the carbon filter has been sized, can you get the rest of the system specified correctly,

[gitchegumee]

Don't quite understand this...

You filter your raw municipal water into your 5,000 liter storage tank slowly for use in the brewery on demand later. Like you said, not blasting through, but instead at the rate prescribed by filters. This almost always done by municipal water pressure. You would not filter into your HLT! Instead, you pump the stored, filtered water in your 5,000 liter tank through your heat exchanger thereby warming it for the HLT. So you never need to size pumps to filters. Regarding the 5,000 liter stored water tank pump, that's best left to your local pump supplier to match what you need with what you can get.

[Starcat]

Second That

You filter your raw municipal water into your 5,000 liter storage tank slowly for use in the brewery on demand later. Like you said, not blasting through, but instead at the rate prescribed by filters. This almost always done by municipal water pressure. You would not filter into your HLT! Instead, you pump the stored, filtered water in your 5,000 liter tank through your heat exchanger thereby warming it for the HLT. So you never need to size pumps to filters. Regarding the 5,000 liter stored water tank pump, that's best left to your local pump supplier to match what you need with what you can get.

I'll say Phillip is correct on this point definitely.
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