What is electric moonshine, forWhat do they need and what are their features? Cases of poisoning with “burnt” alcohol in our country, unfortunately, are not uncommon. Moreover, the injury is caused not only by the infamous “hawthorn” or a windshield fluid, you can easily run into the poison in the night stand, and in the famous supermarket chain. Therefore, for a long time no one is surprised by the fact that more and more of our citizens are switching to homemade alcoholic beverages, in particular, to moonshine.
Good moonshine is in many ways good.alcohol mashine. As experienced self-racers testify, even from regular beet sugar you can get a decent, high-quality drink without a foul odor and an unpleasant taste. But there is a condition - competently maintained temperature mode of sublimation.
And in this sense, electric moonshine is much more convenient than the rest of their "brothers".
How does it work?
The basis of the work of any moonshine isphysical principle of separation of liquids at their boiling points. So, ethyl alcohol at normal atmospheric pressure boils at about 78 ° C, while the boiling point of water, as is known, is 100 ° C.
Thus, if in some container containing a solution of water (H2O) and ethyl alcohol (H6ABOUT3), the temperature will be maintained between 78 and100 ° C, alcohol will boil it out. Moreover, the water will partially evaporate, and the higher the temperature in the tank, the more intense its evaporation. Therefore, devices that maintain a temperature slightly above 78 degrees work most effectively. Electric moonshine with a thermostat - the ideal solution to the problem.
What is the moonshine
Electric moonshine differ fromordinary only as a source of heat, and the rest of their device has by and large not changed since the invention of the distillation cube by the Arab physicians at the very beginning of the second millennium. In the tank (evaporator) is poured a mixture of ethyl alcohol and water, as a rule, it is mash. Under the influence of a heat source, the components of the mash begin to boil, the first, of course, alcohol begins to boil.
По трубке пары спирта попадают в охладитель.Lower temperatures lead to condensation of alcohol vapors. Thus, the alcohol again goes into a liquid state, only without water. But this is in theory, in practice, everything is not so simple. Water vapors along with vapors of alcohol fall into the container, lowering the degree of the drink. The electric moonshine with a steam cooker allows you to get a stronger product due to partial condensation of water vapor in a special glass.
Electric moonshine directly heated
The diagram shows various electricalmoonshine depending on the method of heating the mash. The simplest option would be the first in the list - a device of direct heating. Its device differs from the traditional one placed on a fire by the presence of an electric heating element mounted in one of the walls of the evaporator tank.
TEN is inserted into pre-preparedholes through special threaded bushings with heat-resistant rubber gaskets. This option will work fine with the mash from sugar raw materials, but in the manufacture of malt or grain samogon it may be difficult: the grain mass will burn to the heating elements, will become charred, and then the taste of the drink will be hopelessly spoiled. The sublimation of grain raw materials in such a device can be made only after having pre-pushed it through the flannel fabric, but this will lead to a decrease in the yield of the product.
Heating through the intermediate tank
Problem solves indirect heating mash.How to make an electric moonshine with your own hands so that the remains of grain contained in the bragues do not burn? The simplest technical solution is to place the evaporator in a basin with boiling water (option No. 2 in the diagram). The water in the pelvis or in another container is heated by electricity, heat is transferred through the wall of the evaporator to braga.
In this case, the temperature inside the evaporatorthe definition can not exceed 100 ° C, which eliminates the scorching of plant residues. In such a device, the mash is poured without first filtering it, and this increases the output of the drink from the N-th amount of raw material (degrees do not leave with spinning).
The disadvantage of this option is that the water in the basin will gradually evaporate, so it will have to periodically pour. And so that the process does not stop, it is better to pour boiling water.
Professional electric moonshine
Finally, the last one in the picture showsprofessional electric moonshine. With his own hands to create such a mini-plant is quite difficult, but it lacks the disadvantage of the previous version (evaporation of water) and can be made of any size.
A device for heating water in it is a full-fledged electric water boiler with a surge tank.
The heated coolant is driven through a special heat exchanger made from a bent pipe and mounted in the evaporator housing.
Такие самогонные аппараты изготавливаются, как As a rule, for a volume of at least a ton of brew (placing a container of this size in any pelvis is problematic). The movement of the coolant through the pipes is most often carried out under the influence of natural heat circulation, although the process can be assisted by installing a conventional pump for heating systems.
Providing temperature
So, ethyl alcohol begins to evaporate attemperature of 78 ° C. How to withstand the required temperature? The easiest option is to control the thermometer and turn on / off the electric heating element manually.
However, technological advances areexist to facilitate and automate certain processes. How to make an electric moonshine capable of independently maintaining the optimum temperature for the process? Just use ready-made regulator designed to maintain the desired temperature in heating and water supply systems.
The assembly scheme is shown in the figure. The heating element will turn on and off independently, maintaining the temperature of the fluid in the specified range.
The advantages of moonshine on electricity
Compared with traditional electric moonshine have several advantages:
- compactness (if we bear in mind the dimensions of the entire apparatus with a gas or wood heat source);
- the ability is very accurate and even in automatic mode to withstand the temperature mode of the sublimation process;
- installation mobility: the device can be easily placed anywhere in the house or cottage, even in the courtyard, a simple electrical extension is enough.
Security measures
Being engaged in home brewing, it is necessaryremember that the heating of the mash takes place in a closed volume at a sufficiently high temperature, and a product is produced that will be consumed inside. And therefore:
- it is necessary to monitor the purity of the steam pipes, to prevent them from clogging, in order to eliminate the pressure increase in the apparatus and, accordingly, its explosion;
- в начале возгонки испаряется небольшое the amount of methyl alcohol (there is a small amount in any brag), its boiling point is 64 ° C, which is 12 ° C below the boiling point of ethanol. Therefore, the first 50 milliliters of moonshine from every 10 liters of home brew should be collected separately and in no case be used as a drink.
