by Kenster » Sun Feb 19, 2017 8:53 pm
Zak, this will get me chastised, but 'crash cooling' any condenser is never a technical issue, as the col will equalise very quickly and the area where the vapour transitions into the condenser will VERY quickly adjust with insignificant impact to vapour motion/result. The 'space' within the col where the vap cools via the condenser and regains downward motion to reflux is a small area and will not take any real time or impact to stabilze.The main issue is, i feel, the large power/heat input...slow it down.usually too much heat equals surging.