interplexr
Well-Known Member
I am planning to build a counterflow chiller and had a couple thoughts that may or not make practical sense. In the winter my tap water is decently cold and to hot in the summer. I was thinking of making a 2 stage CFC to try and give me some flexibility with this. I've done some searching and haven't seen anything along the lines of a 2 stage CFC (I'm sure I just can't find it).
I don't have any equations to back this up but I was thinking of getting 25' of 3/8 tubing to make the CFC. I could then make 2 CFC coils with the first coil using tap water and the 2nd using ice water recirc. My thoughts would be to use the first 15 feet to get the temp down to near 100 degF or so and then use the remaining 10 feet to get the temp down to the desired temp with ice water recirc. In the winter I would just parallel the tap flow and not use the ice water.
Would this work or has anyone tried something like this?
I don't have any equations to back this up but I was thinking of getting 25' of 3/8 tubing to make the CFC. I could then make 2 CFC coils with the first coil using tap water and the 2nd using ice water recirc. My thoughts would be to use the first 15 feet to get the temp down to near 100 degF or so and then use the remaining 10 feet to get the temp down to the desired temp with ice water recirc. In the winter I would just parallel the tap flow and not use the ice water.
Would this work or has anyone tried something like this?