Thug's Bubbler

Perforated & bubble cap plated columns

Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby TasSpirits » Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:56 pm

The 2" caps from Mac are 40mm high - plate thickness and look like this. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:02 pm

Yea heavy duty suckers i reakon they would last 10000 lifetimes :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby TasSpirits » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:05 pm

bluc wrote:Yea heavy duty suckers i reakon they would last 10000 lifetimes :handgestures-thumbupleft:

They are very well made, like the rest of the FSD gear. To be honest I still prefer my perforated plates, a bit more touchy to run, but Im used to them. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:21 pm

Oh nice I don't feel so bad how big are the holes and how many are there wish I had money to just buy one this build is taking me forever
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby TasSpirits » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:24 pm

CyBaThUg wrote:Oh nice I don't feel so bad how big are the holes and how many are there wish I had money to just buy one this build is taking me forever

12 holes, 10mm and 8mm alternating. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:51 pm

K sweet
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby scythe » Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:27 pm

Ideally you want as much open area in the sides of the riser as you have in the ID of the riser so it poses no restriction.

IE if you have 20 square millimeters in the ID you need to have 20 square millimeters of open space in the sides.

Riser heights dont set the bath depth, correct, the downcomer height above the plate does. But the rise still should be higher than the downcomer +/-5mm

You could just mill it like you have marked out but the middle bit does not need to be as thick as you have it, just enough to get a thread in is fine.
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:03 pm

Yeah it was only rough to postage question its not even straight so now I'm confused I'm told the holes r ok and what I've marked is ok so no idea what to go with
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:07 pm

So if I make that mark 30mm and mill what is above it and when I make the downcomer make that 25mm above the plate?
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby Zak Griffin » Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:57 am

Do you understand what role the riser plays in the running of the still?
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:16 am

Not really lol I try to read up on it then just get confused as
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Fri Jul 07, 2017 12:30 pm

Its the upward vapour path in the plated still. It also injects the vapour into the vapour path above the level of the liquid.
It is then the job of the bubble cap to move the vapour back down through the liquid which both flavours the vapour and acts as a distillation cycle. Vapour turns to liquid then when it exits the bubble cap it turns back into vapour.

This repeats for each plate on the way up the column it then hits the reflux condenser, which turns most of it back to a liquid ( the amount varies depending on temp of reflux condenser, which is controlled by cooling water flow) it then drains down through the downcommer on each plate. Downcommer is there to stop the tower filling with fluid. It also sets the liquid level on each plate

The liquid falling(reflux) also cools the rising vapour which in turn pulls more liquid from the rising vapour which increases purity of the ethanol vapour..
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:10 pm

Woah ok
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:49 pm

So when scythe said the reversal area 5-10mm he was talking about the section that was milled out?
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:58 pm

I think he meant the size difference between the riser and cap but i may be wrong..
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:20 pm

Ahhh makes sense mine is 10 mm
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:30 pm

But I'm being told so many different things on how much I should cut back I am lost to how much to take off and then told holes arnt as good
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:42 pm

Who said holes arent as good cant see mac selling an inferior design :think:
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby CyBaThUg » Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:26 pm

That's what I tried telling this bloke confused the shit out of me I'm just going to go with the holes I think
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Re: Thug's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:31 pm

If hes woried about turbulance there will be turbulence regardless.

Whole principal is it will load a small amount of backpressure than bubble through the liquid bath. Regardless of where or how it exits the riser. This will happen. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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