the_dragonlord
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Hello everybody, I'm Andrea from Italy and I've just setted up my RIMS little plant (I brew 23lts batches). At now I use a solar project plastic pump with a flow of 11lts/min but when I put the crushed grain in the water the flow decreases too much (I'm afraid), so I think I need a more powerful pump. Unfortunately here in Italy plastic-magnetic-food grade pumps costs a lot of money so before buying a new one I want to be sure at 300%!
What is about the "ideal" flow in terms of lts/min for a RIMS system?
I'm afraid that if the flow is too low the wort could "burn" flowing "around" the heater (I have a 1500W heater made in AISI316L Steel with a density of about 6,8W/square cm) and, on the other hand, if the flow is too high the sugar extraction from the crushed grains could not be done perfectly.
Can someone help me?
Thanks, regards and have a beer day!
Andrea
What is about the "ideal" flow in terms of lts/min for a RIMS system?
I'm afraid that if the flow is too low the wort could "burn" flowing "around" the heater (I have a 1500W heater made in AISI316L Steel with a density of about 6,8W/square cm) and, on the other hand, if the flow is too high the sugar extraction from the crushed grains could not be done perfectly.
Can someone help me?
Thanks, regards and have a beer day!
Andrea