Re: anyone with experience with conical fermenters?

Apr 10, 2004 1 Replies

Are you sure the cone has to 60 Deg. I checked out some commercial fermenters , while I had nothing to measure the angle I would guess it would be 120 Deg Plus . As for oxy. entering the fermenter I would introduce a stream of Co2 into the top of the fermenter as you carefully drain the trub . ................Cheers Ian in Bendigo


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I was considering the angle made between a flat surface, the valve and the wall of the cone. No angle would be 0°, the max. angle would be close to

90° and a medium would be 45°. I don't know how you came with a 120° angle.

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