TH24462U - Homemade liquor distiller - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention describes a homemade liquor distiller that utilizes gas heat. The bottom of the distillation tank is designed with cylindrical fins to increase the heat transfer area. The insulated tank walls control heat loss. The distilled steam and alcohol are condensed into a liquid in a cooling condenser, causing condensation to form droplets that fall into a holding tank. A control valve opens to add fermented liquid to the distillation tank, maintaining a constant water level.

Claims (1)

1. A homemade distiller consisting of a distillation tank (1) which is a double-walled cylindrical tank with thermal insulation installed between the walls. Inside the tank, a number of cylindrical fins (2) are installed to increase the heat transfer area to the fermented liquid. At the bottom of the distillation tank (1), a gas burner is installed to supply heat energy to the distillation tank. The temperature of the gas burner is controlled by a control box (16) to detect the temperature of the fermented liquid and keep it within the desired temperature range, which will either turn on or cut off the gas when it is not within the set temperature range. It has a specific characteristic: at the top of the distillation tank (1), a pressure gauge and a temperature gauge (4) are installed, which send information to the control unit inside the control box (16) to detect the temperature of the fermented liquid and keep it within the desired temperature range, which will either turn on or cut off the gas when it is not within the set temperature range. At the top of the distillation tank (1), there is a lid (7) to prevent hot vapor from leaking out. It is cone-shaped, and at the end of the cone, there are holes for the vapor and alcohol to flow out. The steam passes through a curved steam pipe (8) connected to the condenser (12), which serves to cool the steam and alcohol. Inside the condenser (12) is a heat exchanger (13) installed to increase the surface area for cooling the steam with water until condensation occurs. Inside the condenser (12), water flows from the inlet pipe (14) connected to the water pump (19) to exchange heat from the steam in the heat exchanger (13). In one part of the heat exchanger (13) is an outlet pipe (11) to take the water out through a honeycomb heat exchanger (18), which cools the system with a cooling fan and uses a water pump (19) to circulate the water for heat exchange in the system. The water pump (19) is attached to the base of the frame (20). The steam and alcohol that have been condensed from the condenser (12) flow to the distilled water pipe (15) connected to the bottom of the condenser (12) to the distilled liquor tank (17) installed on the support frame. The Fermentation Warmer (5), which is installed on the secondary structure between the Distillation Tank (1) and the Distillation Reservoir (17), serves to store the fermented water and warm it by taking heat from the Distillation Tank (1). During distillation, the solenoid valve (3) receives a signal from the control box (16) to open the solenoid valve to warm the fermented water to a higher temperature before releasing the fermented water into the Distillation Tank (1) to maintain the fermented water level. The Fermentation Warmer (5), which is a cylindrical shape with closed ends, is connected to the Distillation Tank (1) to fill the Distillation Tank (1). The top of the warmer is connected to the Fermentation Filling Tank (9), where a solenoid valve (6) opens and closes the flow of fermented water from the Fermentation Filling Tank (9) into the Fermentation Warmer (5). The operation of the solenoid valve (6) receives a signal from the control box to open the valve to release fermented water from the Fermentation Filling Tank (9), which is a cylindrical shape. It is closed and has a lid (10) which is used to add the fermentation liquid to the fermentation warmer (5).