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chezhed

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Wondering about running beer from fermenter through plate filter and then a carb stone and into kegs. I have not used a plate filter and don't know how fast the flow is. I was thinking of pumping from a large fermenter (3 BBL) thru the plate filter and across a carb stone and into kegs. (We don't have brite tank capability.)
I'm thinking a 5 GPM pump with a downstream valve (where, I'm not sure...before or after filter) and then a 6" carb stone in a tee and out to sanke kegs. The Blichmann Quick Carb has a 1 GPM pump and I've run one across three kegs back to back but no way that is fast enough for 15+ kegs....but I'm not sure what speed would be across a stone that is 2-3 times the Quick Carb stone. And how fast is the flow out of the filter? I would think it would be best to pump into the filter and let that determine the flow across the stone....if too fast, add a valve to regulate?

Just dreamed this up while perusing other topics...appreciate any input.
 
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inline carb with stone
 
The pump can adjust the speed,, the stone is in the tee,, it's adjusted at the bottle..tall blue co2
 
Thanks...ended up with something very, very similar but added a 6" extention with the CO2 coming in horizontally in a 6" stone that has OAL of about 10" so the beer comes in the tee and hits a shank and then flows across the stone. We figure a 5 GPM pump will probably carb a 1/2 BBL in 15-20 minutes.
 
Thanks...ended up with something very, very similar but added a 6" extention with the CO2 coming in horizontally in a 6" stone that has OAL of about 10" so the beer comes in the tee and hits a shank and then flows across the stone. We figure a 5 GPM pump will probably carb a 1/2 BBL in 15-20 minutes.
Yes I considered a bigger stone .. when i started the process
 
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