by crow » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:08 am
Yes it may or may not . I just wanted to explore how efficiently I could make this LM work . I mean I can achieve azeotrope or near as at 95.5 and could well be 95.63 but towards the end of my hearts the distillation output begins to rapidly slow down and sometime after that the ABV begins to drop . Cool except it has nowhere near depleted the ethanol so that begs the question ,Why . This seems from all reports to be the way most of these stills operate and the only thing I can think that would cause this is the higher temp is effecting the amount of theoretical plates involved in distillate production (drying of packing) . I'm thinking If I can find a way for the whole or most of the column to reflux efficiently this should significantly shorten the operating time and maybe increase the amount of hearts . I could perhaps Increase the amount of hearts by shutting down the outlet and allow the column to regain a full equilibrium but this would be at the expense of time and energy plus at a higher concentration of water ect in the wash may induce puking . I think unless someone can say why this wouldnt work I should maybe try it , shouldn't cost a fortune in parts . Thoughts ppl ? :-D