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After the secondary I am moving to the bag with a little priming sugar, then use the pump to pull the beer from the bag. I guess this very common in the UK both for homebrew and for real ales. I will post pictures of the build Joel

Hello, I am starting a build for some English ales I have in the pipeline. I just purchased the following from McMaster Carr. 1 each 3047K11 FDA-Compliant Plastic Drum Pump Curved Spout, 5 oz/Stroke $34.00 each 34.00 1 each 4414T3 Collapsible Low-Density Polyethylene Carboy 5 Gal Cap...

I used 1/2 inch pipe throughout. I have been running at max flow rate, and getting about 1 degree per minute rise on 3 gallons of mash as measured at the exit of the mash tun. The liquid leaving the heating tube is roughly 5 degrees hotter (at max flow rate, and when the system has been...

I've had luck using extreme heat tape applied to the outside of the tube. A couple of end-caps on some tees makes it easy to run a brush through the setup. Joel

All, Finished the build (added the PID controller), and did my third run using the heat tape approach (sorry about the drip on the outside of the cooler). Stats: 1) Still getting a 1 degree rise/minute on 9.5 lbs of grain 1.5 qts per pound. 2) Batch sparging at the end Notes...

As I add to the the RIMS system, I am finalizing my sensor package for the RIMS and for the Automatic HLT system which connects to the RIMS. Parts are on the way, here is the initial design layout. I plan to interface to an MBED or other processor to control the whole system. Build...

The graphs are acquired using LABVIEW, and then we take a screenshot and put on the lines and notes. Joel

The heating element is wrapped around the outside of the pipe. So the heat is applied to the pipe (like the coil in a HERMS). Insulation is applied to the heating element+ pipe to reduce heat loss from the heater to the air. Joel

It is labview, I then added the labels.

No heating element in them. I wrap the outside of the pipe with extreme heat tape (The tape is a heating wire inside of a shielding, which is powered by 110VAC). The heat is applied to the outside of the pipe, like the coil in a HERMS. The pipe with the heat tape is the enclosed in...

I am working on a automated HLT to inject a measured amount of brew water into the RIMS, should I post it here or start a new topic? The build I am doing has the following features: 1) Computer Controlled Pump 2) Computer Controlled Electric Drum Heater 3) Digital (Pulse) flow meter to measure...

Here is the whole process... This is acquired with Labview, The batch sparging removes the sensor from the mashtun.. Here we ramped using the heaters... (about 5 gallons of water in the system with the grains) the rise rate dropped to 6 to 7 degrees a minute... I have a PID and new...

Here is the lastest run of the system... Joel

I wrap the pipes with the extreme temp heat tape (working temp of the pipe heating tape is really high) and then wrap the pipe and the heat tape with high temp insulation. http://www.heatingtapes.com/tape.html Make sure you use the correct type of insulation, the pipe insulation sold at home...

I didn't want to have to disassemble to clean the tube and heating element. Here, I pull the end plugs and run a long brush through the open tube. No advantage, just different. Joel.

As built... and Here are the parts... Parts from McMaster-Carr 1 1 each 4550T141 Extreme-Temperature Heat Tape 13 Watts/Square Inch, 8 ft Length, 624 Watts, 120 V today $69.07 each 69.07 2 2 each 4464K51 Type 304 Stainless STL Threaded Pipe Fitting 1/2" Pipe Size, Tee, 150 PSI today...

I was successful in using extreme temp pipe heaters over stainless steel pipe to make a RIMS systems. I can post details if there is interest.