Beast of an IC!!

[Apoxbrew]

So I'm planning out my mod of my own IC to reconfigure it from a single 50' coil run to 2 separate 25' runs (dual coil / dual flow) and was looking for some images online of others who had done the same... when I came across this:

http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38004&hilit=cooler

LOL!!! That thing's a beast!!

 

[stubbornman]

Whoah!!!1

 

[mtbiker278]

Over-engineering at it's finest!!! For 20gals though I would have hoped he was using some sort of whirlpool circulation. That's gotta be $300 in copper pipe alone!

 

[lamarguy]

That's the most ridiculous heat exchanger I've seen yet.

 

[LarMoeCur]

Way inefficient overkill. I would bet a well constructed counter-flow will out perform that monstrosity of a chiller at 1/4 of the cost.

 

[Conan]

Yeah.....but it looks awesome! Kyle

 

[wildwest450]

I could run a 6 gallon batch through my chillzilla before the water even came out the other side on that thing. goofy

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[dutchoven]

Hahaha ... That's gotta weigh a ton when full of water. Wonder how you'd drain something like that.

 

[rollinred]

Do not do that. That chilled is going to have completely stagnant water on two of those runs. Pressurized water takes the path of least resistance and those coils are not distributed evenly.

CFC and a pump would cost less and take less time.

 

[EarthBound]

When I built my CFC, I bought enough material (50') to build two, and I sold one to recoup the cost. I sold it to a buddy for $40. Wort goes in at ~200 deg. F and comes out at 65 deg. F. The water I use to cool the wort is then reused in my washing machine. The difference in efficiency between my CFC and that beast of an IC is staggering.

 

[drocu]

I've never understood why some people complicate an immersion chiller with crazy designs and soldering and what not. Just take a length of copper and bend it into a solenoid shape and attach some vinyl tubing to each end. If you want to speed up the process, add a whirlpooling device or stir by hand. KISS.

 

[LordUlrich]

Do not do that. That chilled is going to have completely stagnant water on two of those runs. Pressurized water takes the path of least resistance and those coils are not distributed evenly.

not quite true, as flow rate increases the resistance to flow increases, the flow will occur in all coils just not at the same flow rate.

But yes, WAY overkill and probably not much of an improvement. There is a reason pros use plate heat exchangers.