Another wort chiller question

[PatFiori]

Hi,

I'm looking into getting a new plate and frame heat exchanger. My issue is that in the summer time, my water source can heat up to 75F. I'm looking at other options. A contractor from Mueller recommended using a heat exchanger designed to use glycol as the counter-flow. The heat exchanger would have to been double welded to prevent cross contamination. Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions about this?

Cheers,

Patrick Fiori
Brewery Manager
Clocktower Brewpub

[GlacierBrewing]

Hi,

I'm looking into getting a new plate and frame heat exchanger. My issue is that in the summer time, my water source can heat up to 75F. I'm looking at other options. A contractor from Mueller recommended using a heat exchanger designed to use glycol as the counter-flow. The heat exchanger would have to been double welded to prevent cross contamination. Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions about this?

Cheers,

Patrick Fiori
Brewery Manager
Clocktower Brewpub

Water/glycol heat exchanger sounds like it would fit your bill. We have one on our brewing system. I've never (knock on stainless) had to hook up the glycol side of it but it sure is nice to know it's there. The other option would be to cool your input water before it gets to the heat exchanger and/or slow down the output of wort so there is more time to decrease the wort temp in the exchanger.
my two cents....
Dave

[beertje46]

The other option would be to cool your input water before it gets to the heat exchanger and/or slow down the output of wort so there is more time to decrease the wort temp in the exchanger.
my two cents....
Dave

That's what we do here. I have a 1500 gallon plastic, vertical "farm" tank that I fill via a glycol cooled, brazed S/S heat exchanger. Works very well and the whole set-up "should" cost less than a glycol/city water HE.