Inline carb stone after Plate Filter?

[chezhed]

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.

 

[4of7]

inline carb with stone

 

[4of7]

The pump can adjust the speed,, the stone is in the tee,, it's adjusted at the bottle..tall blue co2

 

[chezhed]

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.

 

[4of7]

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