cooling condensor water with glycol or recycling cooling water

[lightcahill]

We are trying to find an affordable way to wither reuse our cooling water or cool our condensor with glycol. We use about 6 gpm maximum. Is anybody currently doing this?

[Mick H]

You will overheat your glycol system, the reservoir is too small. I tried it. I took a liner from a 250 gal. dairy tank, soldered a grid of copper pipe,and lay it in bottom of tank. I then filled the tank with water and circulate glycol through the copper. Put a pump in the tank and run a loop through your condenser,returning water to the tank. I run a 300 gal stripping, a 140 gal. finish still, and cool my mash tank, all at the same time. The temp. will creep up over over 10 or 12 Hrs. but is manageable.

Mick H

[Beauport Bob]

It is nice to have subjects pop up for new info. But, if you have not already read them, there are several threads here on ADI on the subject. All are informative. Underground cooling, pond use, chillers, re-use, etc. They are worth chrecking out.

[Jedd Haas]

hi Mick, what is the ton size of your glycol chiller?