Hudson bay distillers Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 morning was wondering if anyone has any opinion and suggestion about steam eductors for steam injection into mash tun . just for reference the boiler is 15 hp low pressure steam . thanks tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 We are using a single 3/4" Jacoby Tarbox TLA Eductor in a 600g mash tank. 16hp boiler, going through a 2" 5 micron Spirax Sarco CSF16 Clean Steam filter. The injector is slightly undersized, but we would likely top out the max flow rate of the filter going any larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 thanks silk how many psi is are you pushing thru that eductors . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Sits around 12 at the boiler. Looking to upgrade our boiler and our steam guy is recommending going to 50psi - high pressure territory. Says the eductor really needs pressure to shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 silk do you know what u paid for that eductor . i received a quote for one and they claim its 1500 bucks , does that sound right to you . tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Stainless one? I’m running the cast one, it was like $200 or $300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 yes i beleive it was stainless , i would prefer lead free brass , i ll have to email them again and narrow it down , thanks tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Brass is way too soft for a steam jet. My cast version looks fine after hundreds and hundreds of runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Was $85 for carbon steel, 3/4” - 4 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 good tip thanks silk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudzie Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Love using educators and live steam. We have 1500 plus cooks on a stainless eductor, think it was around $250 6 years ago and still going strong. About 2 years ago I got fed up with the noise and having to have earphones on during heat up. We now add 5 gallons backset during heat up and it’s a hell of a lot quieter also drops the starting pH to a better value than just fresh. You can actually have a conversation around the kettle now. I think the proteins in the backset makes the plain h2o more viscous. Anyhow it works great. We run at 9# steam (with a 500,000 btu peerless boiler and a 4” header) during heat up with the kettle and two stills coming up to temp. Stills heat up is 1hour +/- for both of the stills and we hit our strike in in the kettle in about 35 minutes. Just make adjustments to account for the water add from the condensed steam. Just fiddle around to hit your SG and make seasonal adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 this may sound dumb but what do you mean seasonal adjustments , are you referring to different starting water temps thus injecting longer or shorter affecting the amount of condensate produced . interesting point about the backset i never would have guessed that , tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudzie Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Yes you are correct I was talking about seasonal water temps. Mid summer, we’ll into the fall our incoming water temp is around 74* here in Southern Maine and yesterday it was 41*. It adds 15 min to the summer time heat up and an additional 7 gallons to our starting 120 gal volume. Our Summer time water temp add is usually 27 gallon. Before anyone does the math, I know it doesn’t add up time/volume. There are more BTU’s need over time to bring cold water up 30* vs warm water up 30* hence more condensate. Also keep the mixer on when heating up and point the enductor at a 45* angle to the blades. For us it helped with the noise a bit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 You can almost tell the stage of the mash cook by listening to pitch of the eductor. Starts out very loud, higher pitch, but as you hit maximum viscosity of the mash, it gets much deeper, quieter. On the water additions: One Pound of Steam = One Pound of Water One Pound of Steam = 970 BTU 1 BTU = Heat 1 Pound of water by 1 Degree F 1 Gallon Water = 8.3 Pounds Becomes pretty easy to calculate your water addition due to heating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudzie Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Agree, our difference is we throttle our kettle during heat up to keep our stills at 6# steam (balanced) on high fire (no regulator needed). When they come up to temp the stills are throttled back to run mode and the kettle is opened up wide to our strike. I think we end up with more of a water add due to our steam pipes not being insulated (short runs) and feed pipe condensate build up going into the kettle. Our kettle is at the end of the line before our line trap. Works great just keep your water add in mind. At the end of the day the only real measurement to be concerned with is your chosen SG and adjust as needed now and then to keep it where you want it. On a side note we calculated our water add with a 5 gallon bucket at our drain valve and time. Not overly scientific but got the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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