rev.hodl on Nostr: After collecting the 50gal of maple sap, it is filtered with a homemade reverse ...
After collecting the 50gal of maple sap, it is filtered with a homemade reverse osmosis system. This sap is 1,8% sugar to start, the filter removes water into a separate container and concentrated sap is sent back to the collection tank. It took 3hrs to remove 10gal of water from the sap and the pump uses 28w of power, a very low energy way to remove lots of water. As the sap gets more concentrated it takes longer to remove water. Once concentrated a much as the filter can handle, the remaining water is boiled off with a propane burner. This the third season using the reverse osmosis membranes and they are still working efficiently. The filter paid for itself in propane savings the first season. Now it's all about good maintenance to see how long before the membranes need to be replaced.
https://imgur.com/a/FroIKyuPublished at
2023-02-24 21:08:59Event JSON
{
"id": "87f3d33e8b58974fa7f3f33a9b052996b5014afc89ccea280a984462a14fb664",
"pubkey": "4d023ce9dfd75a7f3075b8e8e084008be17a1f750c63b5de721e6ef883adc765",
"created_at": 1677272939,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"afddf5f5fcea9b35d973c2015a31b23771352bd7bf06cbdf9956516c33f19c32"
],
[
"e",
"0c07a3a618ddeba8ee3043e9edb01a353648b594c48029241091a20e949e5623"
],
[
"e",
"629d6f90992d088c73082415ff6baf77c795df4c7af661f2172ab6723d27cba1"
],
[
"p",
"4d023ce9dfd75a7f3075b8e8e084008be17a1f750c63b5de721e6ef883adc765"
]
],
"content": "After collecting the 50gal of maple sap, it is filtered with a homemade reverse osmosis system. This sap is 1,8% sugar to start, the filter removes water into a separate container and concentrated sap is sent back to the collection tank. It took 3hrs to remove 10gal of water from the sap and the pump uses 28w of power, a very low energy way to remove lots of water. As the sap gets more concentrated it takes longer to remove water. Once concentrated a much as the filter can handle, the remaining water is boiled off with a propane burner. This the third season using the reverse osmosis membranes and they are still working efficiently. The filter paid for itself in propane savings the first season. Now it's all about good maintenance to see how long before the membranes need to be replaced.\nhttps://imgur.com/a/FroIKyu",
"sig": "1d0cae97cfb4bb82907870a27305ff1f30241bc1ac0f2a0c3e4c5021ef3a4b01385c208985314d52e33faa14545fa0d7fb669041156e7391edda29e03fc2d5be"
}
