BCS 462 initial setup problems
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:07 am
Hi Guys,
We have a small 1bbl brewery based in the UK. We recently bought a BCS 462 controller from embedded control systems. We have this set up and working to control 4 fermenting vessels for both heating and cooling currently. The cooler is in a passive loop, where the chiller and pump are continuously running, but when required by a tank, a relay switches a 24v dc circuit to operate 2*24v solenoids, allowing a flow and return of glycol to and from a jacket on the tank. When heating is required, the controller switches another two 24v solenoids on a hot loop, allowing hot (warm) water to enter and return from the jacket. We run the hot tank element and pump continuously. The controller is set-up under the hysteresis function for hot and cold. The problem with this is that we would like the controller to switch the hot water pump off when not required by the tanks, otherwise it runs continuously into a dead head. We also have a seperate an on/off for our brew house(HLT) hot tank, so that we can turn it on from home, prior to starting a brew.
We want to run at least six vessels with hot/cold and two with cold only. We also want to find a solution to automatically switch the hot loop pump off when not required. Will this system accommodate this? Can we expand this system further. Ultimately it would be nice to expand to more fermenters.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
We have a small 1bbl brewery based in the UK. We recently bought a BCS 462 controller from embedded control systems. We have this set up and working to control 4 fermenting vessels for both heating and cooling currently. The cooler is in a passive loop, where the chiller and pump are continuously running, but when required by a tank, a relay switches a 24v dc circuit to operate 2*24v solenoids, allowing a flow and return of glycol to and from a jacket on the tank. When heating is required, the controller switches another two 24v solenoids on a hot loop, allowing hot (warm) water to enter and return from the jacket. We run the hot tank element and pump continuously. The controller is set-up under the hysteresis function for hot and cold. The problem with this is that we would like the controller to switch the hot water pump off when not required by the tanks, otherwise it runs continuously into a dead head. We also have a seperate an on/off for our brew house(HLT) hot tank, so that we can turn it on from home, prior to starting a brew.
We want to run at least six vessels with hot/cold and two with cold only. We also want to find a solution to automatically switch the hot loop pump off when not required. Will this system accommodate this? Can we expand this system further. Ultimately it would be nice to expand to more fermenters.
Thanks to anyone who can help.