Trying to work out what type of cooling "power" is needed to reasonably control fermentation temperatures. Here is the basic idea.
Brew bucket or bigmouth fermentor with a 1/4 or 3/8 stainless loop, hooked up to a small glycol pump that does 70l/hr. Heat exchange with a PC watercooling block (built into the pump) sandwiched with a TEC cooler and a regular PC heatsink on the other side.
I think I need 75-80 btu/hr to be able to control fermentation reasonably
But I don't know where to start to see if 70l/hr (or less with the 12ish inches of head) or if a 90W peltier cooler can get me into the 80+ BTU range. Anyone know where to start with that?
Brew bucket or bigmouth fermentor with a 1/4 or 3/8 stainless loop, hooked up to a small glycol pump that does 70l/hr. Heat exchange with a PC watercooling block (built into the pump) sandwiched with a TEC cooler and a regular PC heatsink on the other side.
I think I need 75-80 btu/hr to be able to control fermentation reasonably
5.5gallons x 8.33 = 45.815lbs x 40 deg temp drop to cold crash = 1834 btu / 24 hr crash period = 76.4 btu/hr
But I don't know where to start to see if 70l/hr (or less with the 12ish inches of head) or if a 90W peltier cooler can get me into the 80+ BTU range. Anyone know where to start with that?
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