Indeed.....that was my first though....a shiny 120L boiler.befuggled wrote:It would appear that the exhaust fumes are ducted round the inner vessel and out through a chimney near the top.
If so it is quite easy to visualise one of these as your new boiler.
There appears to be three layers to these pots. Difficult to tell, but that's what the chap said. There's the internal vessel skin which is fired by the boiler. As you say, the heat then goes up the sides and out of the exhaust at the back. Which would make it very suitable for use indoors if I just ducted the exhaust out the window.befuggled wrote:The space between inner and outer appears to be 75mm or so. Are you thinking of getting some insulation into this gap for the mash tun, or using the second vessel as the HLT? Of course, with RIMS you don't need to insulate be it offends my greener inclinations!
Then there's another skin between the vessel and the outside skin and there's insulation in between these two.
Well.... I'm thinking about a line of three of these mounted on a wheeled frame. But to be honest, I'm a bit scared about the size it would be! My other option is just to use one of these pots as a boiler, use an 80L thermobox for the mash tun and then maybe a 100L keg as HLT.befuggled wrote:On the other hand, a third identical vessel would make a very attractive and symmetrical line-up....
Or is it all still a twinkle in the eye? In that case, keep the twinkle focussed on the new brewery otherwise there could be more kids than corneys.....
Although, the sheer scale of a project using three of these vessels kind of calls to me as well..... I'd probably use all three as direct fired gas vessels, although as you say, with the RIMS setup there's really no need for heat to the mash tun itself, so it might make sense to fill the base of that one with rockwool or something....
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controlling the whole shebang. The problem is, it would require loads of custom software, and I can't write code.
