After talking to my investors I realized I needed to cut some major costs. I put together a design layout of the cold side of the brewing process. I think it would be an efficient and cost effective system. After drawing it up I realized that the fermentation chamber would probably be a little overboard so scratch that out. The Cold room is set up like a refer container but with two (2 ton) window AC units wired to cool bots (Not on roof-just ran out of paper). The Glycol chiller is a 75 qt cooler with a 15,000 BTU AC unit with the evaporator coils submerged in glycol. The floor drains are spill containment pallets with a sump pump that routes waste to a floor drain/sink. On the Glycol return pipe from the FVs I've placed and extra line that runs into the cold room and into a SS coil that circulates through the CLT. The end valves on the line would allow me to keep the CLT loop closed until needed. I belive this set up would have several benefits:
- The CLT loop would aid in cold crashing FVs
- Cooling of CLT faster if double batching
- No need to install trench drains in cold room, FV area, or kegging/bottling area
- CLT loop would not tax Glycol chiller as much
- Can bring cold liquor temp down even more just before going to heat exchanger for wort cooling. -------> & then to HLT
- No need for repairs if AC breaks. Just go to your local Home Depot and grab a new one (Or go the Craigslist route)
- 1/3 OF THE COST
Thoughts? Design flaws? Recommendations?
- The CLT loop would aid in cold crashing FVs
- Cooling of CLT faster if double batching
- No need to install trench drains in cold room, FV area, or kegging/bottling area
- CLT loop would not tax Glycol chiller as much
- Can bring cold liquor temp down even more just before going to heat exchanger for wort cooling. -------> & then to HLT
- No need for repairs if AC breaks. Just go to your local Home Depot and grab a new one (Or go the Craigslist route)
- 1/3 OF THE COST
Thoughts? Design flaws? Recommendations?
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