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Hello /sci/
I'm building a condenser for a water/alcohol/essential oil still and I am using 316 stainless throughout. I'd like some advise on how to cool the condenser without the aid of water. I plan to have a fan cooling the condenser coils. Is there a metal with a heat capacity to absorb the heat and release it that I can wrap the coils around or is air cooling sufficent?
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Water cooling will yield you the best results
t. Moonshiner
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>>9128298
>how many degrees & flow rate
not sure what happened there, but it is fixed now
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>>9128298
little more scientific.
Not looking for build advise looking for metal heat capasities.
Does heat capasity related directly to retention?
That kind of thing.
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>>9128313
Copper is best and cheapest for what it does; aluminum is second. Increasing surface area hence the fins on a heat exchanger) an flow rate of coolant (air/water/whater) are the main concerns.
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>>9128327
would adding lets say a copper pipe to absorb the heat from the coils make heat dissipation more efficient?
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>>9128299
most commercial water distillers use only a fan and alcohol has a higher condensation temp.
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