The Double Pumper Mega Bubble Thumper

by **MacStill** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:25 pm

Well I thought I would hold back on posting this but now that I've actually built it for our member Micklum it's time to release my latest inline thumper design :happy-partydance:

Had a bit of a brain fart about a new concept for a serious thumper, so here's what I came up with.

Enjoy :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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by **emptyglass** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:27 pm

Looks cool Mac! Is the downcomer height be ajustable?

by **Kimbo** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:34 pm

:clap: :clap: :clap: now that is outta the square thinking ;-)
might have to nick that idea meself :mrgreen: :happy-partydance: :happy-partydance:

by **MacStill** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:34 pm

WineGlass wrote:Is the downcomer height be ajustable?

uh huh :music-deathmetal:

by **MacStill** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:47 pm

Kimbo wrote::clap: :clap: :clap: now that is outta the square thinking ;-)
might have to nick that idea meself :mrgreen: :happy-partydance: :happy-partydance:

Good luck fitting it in a 4" plate ;-)

by **Micklum`** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:52 pm

I cant wait to get hold of this baby and shove some UJ and Mc Rum through it.
Cheers Mac :D

by **MacStill** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:56 pm

Here's the thumper with a 4" bubble tee & 4" sight glass sitting on it :happy-partydance:

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by **googe** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:54 pm

That was a short couple of weeks :shock: :laughing-rolling: . looks good, space aged looking or something :handgestures-thumbupleft: .

by **MacStill** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:04 am

googe wrote:That was a short couple of weeks :shock: :laughing-rolling: . looks good, space aged looking or something :handgestures-thumbupleft: .

released the design early for you champ :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **googe** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:17 am

You old softy ;-) :)) . Cheers mate :handgestures-thumbupleft: . Might be good timing, the missus just have me $150 for Chrissy to buy bits for my bubbler :D :dance: .

by **Urrazeb** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:58 am

I like it! :D

by **googe** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:06 pm

Have you run this Mac?. How did it go if you have. I want to hopefully do a Thumper over Easter break, in 4' though, can't afford that big shit lol.

by **ACfixer69** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:29 am

Thanks Mac
I just hijacked my own thought on inline thumper. This looks very promising so guess I'll take another bite off the ever shrinking 4" stock and try something like it. :handgestures-thumbupleft: My head is spinning at the moment but it looks like a good first plate in a column. For a 2-3 plate rum runner :happy-partydance:

AC

by **MacStill** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:22 am

So you got an update or anything for us AC ??

I'll be building another one like this for myself, keeping with the reducer as a downcomer so I can mess around with bath heights :D

by **ACfixer69** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:51 am

Sorry Mac I got side tracked on the my valved plate trying to zero in on a controllable liquid depth that shows positive results. I do have 2- 13 gal washes clearing as we speak.
One question that came to me on this plate is having only two 3/4" orifices feeding the column, the vapor speed may have to scream to feed sieve plates above the thumper plate. Maybe only cap type plates above it? Thinking only 2 plates for rum on this type. Still a work in progress but still working at it.

AC

by **MacStill** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:23 am

You could be right, this thumper has only been used on a bubble cap column.

My new rig (if it ever gets finished) is going to have 3 different sets of plates to use, so we'll be able to test that theory.

Cheers.

by **ACfixer69** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:51 am

I'll be building this ,or one like it to run. rum looks like a good 1 plate runner for sure. I'm in and will post.

AC

by **ACfixer69** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:27 am

Been making different style plates lately double pumper is on the list. I've made up a bubble cap type and a valve type plate. Both were made as a first plate out of the boiler with liquid level height way above the norm, for experiment, and had a center downcommers that went deep into the boiler for vapor traps. I wasn't getting the results I wanted :crying-blue: so I am converting them back to use as typical plates.
I've altered them to a 2-way distributor to move the return water/diatillate to the outside of the column. After I build it I realized I've seen this before. :o Spent a bit of time looking and could not fine anything but I'm sure it was here. Didn't know what i was looking at then. Not looking to plagiarizer and if results sucked I would like to know. Any help.

AC

by **MacStill** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:30 am

I think you might be talking about Gas on's build here ?

by **ACfixer69** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:41 am

That's it. I've got only 2 small ell's rolled up but same stuff. Going to try mine what the hell its build. New I saw something Thanks Gas. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
AC