tinoespinosa69
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Hello
I have a general question related to the use of the HERMS system.
It happened to me while brewing small batches (3 gal) in my 10gal Spike HT with HERMS using less than 7 gal inside the kettle that part of the HERMS coil is not submerged and then the temp setpoint for the recirculation takes longer to be achieved.
I am recirculating the wort entering the lower point on the HERMS and flowing up to the top. Of course, the heat exchange process will be ONLY on the coil that is in contact with hot water, leaving the rest of the coil without further heat transfer and of course increasing time to heat the wort.
I was thinking to invert the connection point, entering the coil using the top port and flowing down to the lower one. with this, I could guarantee the wort will be exiting the HLT with a higher temperature and maybe could reduce the time to get the Temp.
I know the other option will be to fill the tank and cover all the coil with hot water (it is what I did) but to be honest I do believe is not an efficient alternative as I will be heating water I won't need for brewing. (maybe later for CIP)
What do you think about this?
I am thinking to use an alternative RIMS system for small batches.
I have a general question related to the use of the HERMS system.
It happened to me while brewing small batches (3 gal) in my 10gal Spike HT with HERMS using less than 7 gal inside the kettle that part of the HERMS coil is not submerged and then the temp setpoint for the recirculation takes longer to be achieved.
I am recirculating the wort entering the lower point on the HERMS and flowing up to the top. Of course, the heat exchange process will be ONLY on the coil that is in contact with hot water, leaving the rest of the coil without further heat transfer and of course increasing time to heat the wort.
I was thinking to invert the connection point, entering the coil using the top port and flowing down to the lower one. with this, I could guarantee the wort will be exiting the HLT with a higher temperature and maybe could reduce the time to get the Temp.
I know the other option will be to fill the tank and cover all the coil with hot water (it is what I did) but to be honest I do believe is not an efficient alternative as I will be heating water I won't need for brewing. (maybe later for CIP)
What do you think about this?
I am thinking to use an alternative RIMS system for small batches.