RonPopeil
Well-Known Member
Has anyone tried to cool a batch using this type of cooling? The idea would be to replicate a car radiator, basically. Large heat exchanger with fans mounted. Use a chugger pump to push wort through the system and loop back into the kettle since it probably won't be efficient enough to drop down to fermentation temps on a single pass.
I know hoses are the most ideal but I'm debating moving the setup into a brew shed that, most likely, won't have a garden hose setup or any sort of water. I do have electricity.
My second idea is a bit more complicated but I was considering some sort of immersion that had refrigerated coolant of some variety running through it. It would be another pump setup. My knowledge of refrigeration systems is pretty bare. I was thinking a salene solution that would be pushed through an IC and then back. Just not sure of how the refrigeration side would work to cool the solution.
I know hoses are the most ideal but I'm debating moving the setup into a brew shed that, most likely, won't have a garden hose setup or any sort of water. I do have electricity.
My second idea is a bit more complicated but I was considering some sort of immersion that had refrigerated coolant of some variety running through it. It would be another pump setup. My knowledge of refrigeration systems is pretty bare. I was thinking a salene solution that would be pushed through an IC and then back. Just not sure of how the refrigeration side would work to cool the solution.