Cooling beerlines,.. is this big enough ?

walther · Oct 25, 2009

Hi,

My taps are placed about 1,5m from my refrigerator, so I need to run water or glycol in a PVC tube, next to my beerlines.

Do you think this is big enough: (500ml volume)

http://www.coolerkit.dk/xspc_5_25Â_bay_reservoir_pump_200___clear-p-803.html

It is designed for PC watercooling, and is the size of DVD drive.

Any thoughts or comments are welcome,
Cheers,

Orfy · Oct 25, 2009

If I'm not mistaken that's just a small reservoir and a pump.
It's not going to cool anything.

walther · Oct 25, 2009

Yes it is a reservoir and a pump,...
It should be placed inside the refrigerator, where the reservoir will be cooled. The question is if 500ml is enough, or if I need a larger reservoir,...

cheers,

Orfy · Oct 25, 2009

I'm no cooling engineer but it doesn't sound anywhere like enough. I'd think You'd need a lager capacity and a flash cooler. The surface are of a cpu is tiny compared to the surface area of your beer lines.

middleofnowhere · Oct 25, 2009

the surface of a cpu might be a lot smaller, but it is also a lot hotter, with that being said, I think you might need a larger reservoir.

walther · Oct 25, 2009

Thank you for the replies,

I think I will start with the small reservoir, and the maybe add one of these if it is not enough:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001L5U1RA/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

cheers,
walther

walther · Nov 8, 2009

It is big enough,...

However acrylic is a very poor heat conductor, so there is temperature difference between the refrigerator and the beerlines of 5 degrees Celsius.
If I add my immersion chiller to the loop inside the refrigerator, there is only a 2 degrees temperature difference.

Instead I will try this to keep the setup as small as possible:
http://www.alphacool.com/shop/Radiators/Radiators/Alphacool-NexXxoS-Pro-I-Rev-2--4635.html

I will report back later,....

cheers,
walther

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