amEIREcan
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I have a vision for an in-line wort chiller that I'm looking for input on whether or not it would really have enough chilling power to do the trick.
The design in essentially a liebig condenser that is fairly common in the distilling world. Anyone who isn't familiar with a liebig condenser, it is a tube that the hot liquid, distilled steam or wort in this case runs inside a closed compartment that the cold water flows in one port and out another. I'm imagining this being attached to a hose running from my kettle and with the help of gravity, the wort goes from the kettle, through the cooler and directly into my fermenter.
Will this creation have enough cooling power to cool bowling wort to 70 or so degrees? If this same design can cool vapour why not wort? Or does cooling wort require more energy because it is more dense than vapour? Or something scientific like that.
The design in essentially a liebig condenser that is fairly common in the distilling world. Anyone who isn't familiar with a liebig condenser, it is a tube that the hot liquid, distilled steam or wort in this case runs inside a closed compartment that the cold water flows in one port and out another. I'm imagining this being attached to a hose running from my kettle and with the help of gravity, the wort goes from the kettle, through the cooler and directly into my fermenter.
Will this creation have enough cooling power to cool bowling wort to 70 or so degrees? If this same design can cool vapour why not wort? Or does cooling wort require more energy because it is more dense than vapour? Or something scientific like that.
