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Status Updates posted by Trevor
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Hi, in one post you mentioned distillers using river water for cooling. Any idea what kind of pipes and pump to use?
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I'm either 150ft down a slight slope to water staying on my own land. 70 ft if I go across state land.
Electric will probably have to be at the distiller building but when I trench in the sewer I may be able to run electric.
Distillery floor will be at 84ft and creek around 71ft
Cooling energy is a question mark for now since were still in design.
If legal and economical I will put water back.
I'll calculate energy needed when I get a bit further with equipment choices.
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In some states they allow non contact water to be used but it's getting more difficult as laws protect these waterways in most states. I believe in Kentucky this is still done by using river water usually. They unlike California have more typical storms and reliable water throughout the year. On my tour of the east coast I saw this a few places and spoke to engineers about the use in bigger plants Bc of the obvious electricity and capex savings.
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That sounds like a good option. I am assuming here that if you have a still of less than 1,000 litre capacity you could get away with a 1 hp electric pump. There are 2 options, set up at river and run cables, or set pump at floor level at distillery but I doubt this would work because 13 foot lift is very close to the limit of most pumps.
With pump at river you would need 1 inch pipe to run up to distillery, black polythene is probably easiest and most economical. A return line would be best at 1 1/2 inch to stop back pressure that could damage your condenser, or maybe not.
When you know how much energy you need to get rid of from your condenser then someone on this forum will probably help with calcs if you need. Then take the numbers to local pump shop for final sizing.