I'm in the Tetris (Lego?) stage of planning the layout of my 10Bbl brewery, looking to save some space in the brew area. I've got a 2m x 5m x 1.5 story high room on the back of the building that would be a perfect placement for a boiler. It shares a wall with, and is immediately adjacent to the brewhouse. There's enough vertical height that I was thinking I could elevate the boiler on a platform by 2m or so and build a boiler room, leaving a nice spot underneath for a pallet of malts or whatever. My question is: Are there any considerations for the vertical placement of a boiler? I suppose I'd need a pump for the uphill H2O return. A boiler leak/failure of tank would soak whatever's under it, but I could construct the room with proper drainage. Of course I'd install ventilation if it's a naturally aspirated burner. What haven't I thought of?
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Put the boiler on the floor. It's going to be awkward at best to operate, maintain, troubleshoot, blow-down, etc. You'll also want to leave room on all four sides--and overhead--for maintenance. Also wouldn't store malt in a boiler room. Better place for water treatment, gas cylinders, air compressor, and even glycol. You'll also want forced ventilation or else the room becomes unbearable.Phillip Kelm--Palau Brewing Company Manager--
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Originally posted by Jason Pollard View PostI'm in the Tetris (Lego?) stage of planning the layout of my 10Bbl brewery, looking to save some space in the brew area. I've got a 2m x 5m x 1.5 story high room on the back of the building that would be a perfect placement for a boiler. It shares a wall with, and is immediately adjacent to the brewhouse. There's enough vertical height that I was thinking I could elevate the boiler on a platform by 2m or so and build a boiler room, leaving a nice spot underneath for a pallet of malts or whatever. My question is: Are there any considerations for the vertical placement of a boiler? I suppose I'd need a pump for the uphill H2O return. A boiler leak/failure of tank would soak whatever's under it, but I could construct the room with proper drainage. Of course I'd install ventilation if it's a naturally aspirated burner. What haven't I thought of?
We would suggest to change the location of malt and boiler, place boiler on the floor and malt at second floor.
The boiler need to be check regularly.
And steam go up easy but it will have some steam loss if we push it go down and supply steam to tanks.
Hope my suggestion is helpful:-)
Cheers,
Brewman Machinery Equipment Co.
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