mal209
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i did some basic calculations today, and found the amount of CO2 produced (per %ethanol per volume of beer).
That got me thinking... couldnt you capture the CO2 from the airlock to track the fermentation process?
Im thinking of building a eudiometer (sp) setup like is used to measure gas volumes in HS chemistry.
There would be roughly 68 gallons of CO2 at atm pressure produced per gallon of beer at 5%vol alcohol.
That may seem like a ton to capture, but given that you would empty it say, 2x a day (less as fermentation continued) a 10 gallon tube could be 6" diameter, and roughly 6' tall.... or a 1' diameter tube that's roughly 1.5 to 2' tall....
This would also be an effective way to capture CO2 for the people who wanted to keg with captured CO2 (another thread... although this seems like excessive work)
Do you think this would be an effective way to measure progress of the fermentation?
That got me thinking... couldnt you capture the CO2 from the airlock to track the fermentation process?
Im thinking of building a eudiometer (sp) setup like is used to measure gas volumes in HS chemistry.
There would be roughly 68 gallons of CO2 at atm pressure produced per gallon of beer at 5%vol alcohol.
That may seem like a ton to capture, but given that you would empty it say, 2x a day (less as fermentation continued) a 10 gallon tube could be 6" diameter, and roughly 6' tall.... or a 1' diameter tube that's roughly 1.5 to 2' tall....
This would also be an effective way to capture CO2 for the people who wanted to keg with captured CO2 (another thread... although this seems like excessive work)
Do you think this would be an effective way to measure progress of the fermentation?