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  Units for Filtering Vodka

  Posted by pacific distillers on March 11, 2024 at 7:16 pm

  HI guys

  Does anyone no of any commercially produced vodka filtration units that use activated carbon as the medium capable of processing 5000L + per week?

  Any thoughts would be much appreciated

  classick replied 9 months, 1 week ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
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  classick

  Member

  March 11, 2024 at 7:57 pm

  is there a reason you’re not considering lenticular filtration housings with carbon impregnated filter media cartridges?

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  kindred spirits

  Member

  March 11, 2024 at 8:05 pm

  I always recommend #2 stainless housings with bulk granular carbon to my clients. Its a cheap and easy way to get super clean vodka.

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  silk city distillers

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  March 11, 2024 at 11:57 pm

  General Carbon in Paterson, NJ has designed and fabricated large scale carbon filtration systems for a number of Caribbean rum distilleries.  No affiliation, but hung out with them for an afternoon.  They know their stuff when it comes to activated carbon.  No frills, don’t wear white if you ever go.

   

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  adasko3001

  Member

  March 12, 2024 at 3:13 pm

  Maybe I can help you as we produce stationary filters, as a standard it is a 120cm 4′ stainless steel tube with all valves and silicone hoses but to handle 5000L per week I think we can manage a bigger one. Reach me at pl@g-still.com and maybe we can figure something out. 

  Adam

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  pacific distillers

  Member

  March 20, 2024 at 1:59 am

  They just dont seem to do the job, we have a few here already and the data on them is so scant. If you buy the Pall units it is a serious investment- or you go Chinese but it would seem granulated activated charcoal is still the most effective

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  pacific distillers

  Member

  March 20, 2024 at 2:01 am

  yeah thats what we are doing via a gravity fed system- with additional carbon on the interior of the feed tank, produces great vodka just super slow- it may be that we just need multiple/ bigger units

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  pacific distillers

  Member

  March 20, 2024 at 2:01 am

  Cheers Silk I will drop them a note

   

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  kindred spirits

  Member

  March 20, 2024 at 12:21 pm

  Those housings are pretty cheap so it wouldn’t be too much of an investment to add another one or two if needed. I usually have clients filter 2000L over the course of 24-48 hours

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  classick

  Member

  March 27, 2024 at 6:11 pm

  I’m in no way affiliated with pall, I just got this marketing email from them, maybe you’ll find it interesting. obviously they’re trying to sell something, but it’s relevant to the discussion.

   

  https://www.pall.com/en/food-beverage/blog/sheet-based-activated-carbon-successes.html

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