HERMS HLT gas vs elec.

[iamatuna]

Hey All

So I am looking to make a HERMS build and was looking up some stuff on the HLT of the build and ive seen some using a propane burner and others using electricity.

Just from my own thoughts i would think that a water heater element would be more efficient than a propane burner; cheaper too.

wanted to know if anyone had any expierience with this?


On the same lines i also saw a design that used a hot water tank element for the HLT that also doubled as a steam injection for the boil. Boiling the entire thing with steam seems cool, just dont know of the drawback.

Thanks all

PROST

 

[MalFet]

Both work and do essentially the same thing, which is to heat some water to near boiling...I think it just depends on what you're more comfortable with.

Do you have a link for the steam boil design? Certainly steam powers a lot of the commercial systems, but most of the domestic steam setups I have seen have been for controlling mash temperature.

 

[resslerk]

Electric is nice because it isn't very often that the power company runs out of electricity in the middle of my brewday. And yes lower cost and more efficient. I recently learned that the heat transfer between my element and my wort/water is so efficient that my nylon hop bags can come in direct contact with the element and not melt.

Search attobrew on this forum and you'll find my build.