hist-brewing: Anyone using a "heat pipe" to cool fermenter? How about a peltier driven heatpipe?

[Jean-Paul Blaquiere]

> On Feb 20, Bill Velek illuminated :

> I've been kicking an idea around for awhile and did a google-search but 
> couldn't find anything directly on point.  A recent post about peltier 
> devices made me think about this again.  What about coupling a peltier 
> with a heatpipe?
>
the major problem you'll hit with a heat pipe, is that they only work in
a certain temperature range.  Making your own, while feasible, is far
from practical.  It's a long exercise in thermodynamics.

google should help you find the reports from a couple of people who have
done  this for CPU cooling.

A peltier device, might be a little more practical, even on its own.
Attach it to the top of a series of rods running down into the must.
might work ...


./jp
-- 
Jean-Paul Blaquiere               ||   Avatar of Computational
   japester at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au  ||   Thaumaturgy
   http://japester.ucc.asn.au     ||   verum ipsum factum
Think carefully grasshopper for the problem of choosing your problem may be
the problem of your choosing.  -- Ian McKellar 1999