Bucks Electric Brewery

[trimixdiver1]

And I misspelled absorption.....

Still working on final placement of DO probe and throttle valve....

 

[orangehero]

It looks like you have a heat exchanger for the mash, so what is the band heater for?

 

[trimixdiver1]

It looks like you have a heat exchanger for the mash, so what is the band heater for?

I call it active insulation, it's there to help with the step temp increases and to make up any heat lost through the mash tun walls during the rests.

Seems simple, but that's going to be some tough logic to program.

 

[jbord37]

I call it active insulation, it's there to help with the step temp increases and to make up any heat lost through the mash tun walls during the rests.

Seems simple, but that's going to be some tough logic to program.

Maybe a secondary PID loop? That or if both heaters are on same probe make your pulse widths shorter for the band heater or enable/ disable based on primary loop error. If you really want to use both you'll just have to make sure the scan time for each is such they don't fight each other.

Cool system!

 

[trimixdiver1]

Maybe a secondary PID loop? That or if both heaters are on same probe make your pulse widths shorter for the band heater or enable/ disable based on primary loop error. If you really want to use both you'll just have to make sure the scan time for each is such they don't fight each other.



Cool system!

The problem so far is, I want to set up a loop for O2 injection and a loop for temperature all being controlled by the output throttle valve. So wort flow controls both. I do have a SMC electro pneumatic regulator, but I don't know if it's O2 safe. I would assume they would use viton orings on all of them, might pop it open and clean it myself....

So anyway, 2 loops independent of each other if I can verify the smc part is O2 clean....

 

[trimixdiver1]

Got some more goodies in from Brewers Hardware. This completes the cold wort side of the system.

Left to right. DO probe, temperature probe, and throttle valve. The output to the fermenter is capped until ready for use



This is the RTD for chill water ( tap water) temperature.


This weekend is mass flowmeter wiring

 

[RocketBrewer]

I'm speechless! That's amazing

 

[trimixdiver1]

Got the mass flow meters wired

 

[trimixdiver1]

Got my birthday gift, aeration stone from Glacier Tanks. Check valve installed too.

 

[kickflip_mj]

I already hate my rig.lol

 

[trimixdiver1]

Well got the fermenter control panel hung and talking to my PLC.
Basic program on the touchscreen. Will get better.



My pile of grain and wine kits has grown since I'm now devoted to getting the brewery done

 

[trimixdiver1]

Well, I feel like Clark W Griswald. Your looking at 25 black cables each containing one twisted shielded pair of 18awg, 3 RTD wires, 1 IFM flowmeter cable and 1 4c DO probe cable. This whole project never really kicked in until this..... Got some work to do!

 

[trimixdiver1]

Just redid my math on max current draw for the system. 78amps. With the air compressor running if needed to keep the tank above 120psi, that's another 17.5, so total max draw is 95.5 amps! More realistically it's going to be about 30-40 amps avg.
This setup is a monster!

 

[86turbodsl]

Holy crap. That system looks like some sort of chemical plant. And in your basement!!! I'm speechless.

 

[trimixdiver1]

Ok MLT mass flowmeter is set up, just need to do a density calibration.
BK mass flowmeter is next.


Float level sensors installed in HLT and MLT.

 

[SHvanBommel]

This thing is some serious enginerding. Nice job, don't forget to calculate amp draw on the power washer for hosing down the bilges. That's gonna be important. Looks almost like the new RO setups back aft. almost. Don't forget to lay on the SF Green and Monkey Sh!t for the junctions. Great build!

 

[trimixdiver1]

This thing is some serious enginerding. Nice job, don't forget to calculate amp draw on the power washer for hosing down the bilges. That's gonna be important. Looks almost like the new RO setups back aft. almost. Don't forget to lay on the SF Green and Monkey Sh!t for the junctions. Great build!

RO? No more 10k?

 

[SHvanBommel]

I guess i'm not really supposed to talk about that stuff but no. Sonar Showers/Hollywood showers for all!

 

[trimixdiver1]

I guess i'm not really supposed to talk about that stuff but no. Sonar Showers/Hollywood showers for all!

As a former Showertech, that's awesome.

 

[SHvanBommel]

Lol, glad to hear you're a coner too. Yeah, things are different now. Very different. When did you get out?

 

[trimixdiver1]

lol, glad to hear you're a coner too. Yeah, things are different now. Very different. When did you get out?

2000

 

[trimixdiver1]

Got the wort final valve in and connected.

 

[SHvanBommel]

Hey, where did you get your ph meters from, also; I just re-read this and can't find the pumps or valves you used.

 

[trimixdiver1]

That's a Wedgewood Tech ph probe holder/ conductivity probe holder. It's 1" triclamp. I have two of them, on the HLT and the MLT loop. I'm using a Hach ph transmitter instead of the wedgewood since the Hach does auto temp correction. The conductivity probes use the stock transmitter that puts out a conductivity and a temperature output.



I use Chugger pumps with stainlrss heads.

 

[SHvanBommel]

Damn that's hot. Where you get dem hoes es.

 

[trimixdiver1]

Damn that's hot. Where you get dem hoes es.

Off ebay

 

[SHvanBommel]

I just realized I'll be in pit next Tuesday and again Saturday. My wife's grandfather lives there. Also a navy guy but he was a WWII sailor. Turned 100 a few months ago.

 

[trimixdiver1]

I just realized I'll be in pit next Tuesday and again Saturday. My wife's grandfather lives there. Also a navy guy but he was a WWII sailor. Turned 100 a few months ago.

Stop by A&M wine and beer in Washington Pa (south of the burgh)

 

[trimixdiver1]

I just realized I'll be in pit next Tuesday and again Saturday. My wife's grandfather lives there. Also a navy guy but he was a WWII sailor. Turned 100 a few months ago.

Stop by A&M wine and beer in Washington Pa (south of the burgh) and say hi.

 

[trimixdiver1]

Out of the 80 plus I/O points wired, just have 2 left. Got air to the SMC manifold, stroked several of the pneumatic valves. All is well so far. Damn I love the sound of a pneumatic valve.

http://youtu.be/O2Ws-zpFcRE