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By the way, I am working on a line of plate and frame exchangers for use with grain-on mash cooling to match up with my high temp coolers like what is shown in my I’d photo. I would say size range 20 tons and up.

Yea, they were headed that way last I looked. Couldn’t get inside by a stepladder with my new hip, ha. Mike

You didn’t do any hook-ups at the distillery in Lawrenceville,Ga did you? He’s right down the road from my vet, so I’ve stopped in there, but he was doing outdoor work an the tasting room buildup. Getting closer to the still hookup.

Good to know Capt! I have client that bought a Chinese still and are struggling to put it together. I have a distiller who got the whole thing from china, including the chiller. He’s hooking it up now. Mike

Where are you located. i have an associate who turn-keys breweries and distilleries, mostly the production end. I have worked with him on the cooling end (chillers, etc.). He works downstate NY.

Just wonder why don’t you precool mash with a heat-x . The colder the cooling fluid, the more it will make the mash separate unless the agitation is aggressive enough to keep a film find someplace to stick. Even mash sticks inside a tube unless the tube diameter matches the pump velocity flow of the mash pump. Quirky stuff. Mike

I have chiller available to match this still cooling. Mike

Welcome! Have we talked recently? I recently discussed a cooling system with someone in your area. Mike Gronski

Hey Corey! I advise and consult on cooling systems- chillers, evap coolers, mash coolers, clear liquid heat exchangers, etc. Closest systems I have worked on to you are located in Milwaukee and another in N Chicago area. I can get referrals if you would like to get ideas for system configurations. Mike G

Good luck Steve! Happy New Year!

Good luck on your new position. I have worked with many start ups and there are many details and pitfalls that come up. I work with the cooling equipment sizing and general layout for distilleries, so if you have questions that pop up, give me a shout and I can give you advice to that part of your distilling. Mike G.

Cody, welcome! If you need any cooling load sizing or general layout of cooling equipment, contact me. I just gave some advice to a AZ distiller who needed the cooling load sizing so he knew the general HP required to use for other construction budgets.

I have supplied glycol chillers to distilleries that use the chiller to cold chill product in a CLT such that it can be canned by a mobile canning company which saves on spillage and such. You need a glycol chiller to be able to chill the product to near 32F before canning, so if you are using city or well water cooling for your still, it won’t be cold enough to cold chill product. If you are looking to purchase a canning setup, you would still be looking at adding a CLT and glycol chiller. If you have any questions, contact me anytime. Mike Gronski MG Thermal 678-773-2794

You normally wouldn’t see baffling on HX this size. You generally adjust your flows by the amount of temperature drop on either side, bothe the mash and coolant sides. If you know the manufacturer, they may be able help. You shouldn’t want more than 10 degree delta TD on the coolant side. If you do not control the coolant TD , it can become more than the chiller can handle and will overheat. Mike

To make the glycol chiller as small as possible, you add an intermediate plate exchanger, a water pump and water reservoir as the primary coolant to your mash exchanger. I generally use a water reservoir twice the volume of the mash tun, but the size I reservoir is dependent also on the size of your glycol chiller. Your water reservoir is used for the still condenser, so most distillers do not run both loads at once, but alternate days of use so reservoir water temperature can recover. Let me know if I can be of further help. Mike