What do I put in my chiller/circulator?

Hash and Stuff Distillation
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What’s up community of savages. Lovin all the info I’ve gathered from here and back at it again with a question I can’t seem to find an answer to.

I’m currently using a DSLB 5/10 chiller/recirculator for my 5L USA labs and using a mixture of propylene glycol and distilled water for the fluid (recirculating medium) this seems to be doing ok although I’m constantly fluxing temperatures in small amounts it works ok for -0 - -10 degreees Celsius.

The question is. I just got another DSLB 5/10 chiller recirculator for my 10L short path and am wondering what a good transfer medium is for this baby considering I will be using @anon42519203 hot distillation tek. Looking forward to any feedback thanks again guys and gals. Deuces.

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Ethanol will work.

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I may have misunderstood the OP but if they are using the recirculator for hot condenser tek then ethanol will evaporate out right away.

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Check out BioFrost 80 from Carbon Chemistry!

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Dow Frost HD?

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That’s what I was thinking…

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Are you sure…

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How are you going to do hot condenser tech with that chiller when it’s only a chiller?

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Sous vide in a bucket

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Exactly, denatured Ethanol is the best.

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That’s not hot condenser tech. You need over 100c to do anything useful. I use to use a water bath, now I use an oil bath. I do 155c, you’ll never get that with water. Breaking dabs does even hotter then that.

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What oil do you run?

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I was thinking about starting with mineral oil because it’s easy to get here but I’d like something better

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Dynalene SF, its cheap

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Did the vendor manufacturer recommend a PG/H2O mix? The DSLBs usually run denatured alcohol. PG/H2O mixes or anything thicker could effect the pump. They cannot handle viscous fluids. You would also need a 40%+ PG to H2O mixture to avoid freezing/bursting at 0 to -10.

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Just curious, what temp is your solution at and vac when you are pulling main body? When your condenser is at 155C.

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Under 200 microns on my vacuum meter, usually I’ll be around 175 head temp.

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Anyone see a problem with using this stuff? I think -40c to 190c would be a perfect universal chiller fluid. It’s also advertised as non-corrosive.

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@Rowan isnt mineral oils flash point at like 160c

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yeah and it also burns your lungs after its been heated a few times but also guess what? shits cheap- clearly im not planning on running a countertop deep fryer for longer than is absolutely nessescary- heat it once and toss it and then buy some real dynalene.