<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9469" dir="ltr">I've never heard of anyone doing syrup like this. You may be breaking new ground. Frankly, I think it may be a better way. It may even reduce cooking time a little. Please keep us abreast of your "experiment". It sounds very interesting!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9470" dir="ltr"> Richard Harrison<br> I suggest that you contact Dr Bill Outlaw about your project. He has the website SouthernMatters. He is steeped in technical knowledge--of a lot of things.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9488" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9487" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9503" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9512"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9502" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9501"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9500" style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> sgardipee <sgardipee@hot.rr.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Glenn Johnson <gjohn46@yahoo.com>; A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers <syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:31 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9505"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9504" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Syrupmakers] Steam Kettle Conversion<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9486"><br><div id="yiv0137166073">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9482">Glen</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9506">Food grade Thermal Fluid (Globaltherm -TM) is stable from (-4 degrees
F to 618 degrees F). When processing sorghum juice, it is simmered until it
reaches between 226 degrees-F and 230 degrees-F.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9511">or when it reaches a density of 78 degrees to 80 degrees Brix with a syrup
hydrometer.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9489">I do not want to use water or steam as my research seems to show “hot oil”
is more efficient and easier to control. The cooking industry is looking more
and more at hot oil kettles over steam kettles,</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9510">also the steam is under pressure as in a pressure cooker and the hot oil (
Thermal Fluid) is not. That is why I am trying to convert this steam
kettle to a modified and hopefully simple, hot oil kettle. </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9490">I will heat the oil in a remote reservoir using a propane gas burner and
pump it inside the steam kettle jacket. </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9491">I want to circulate my hot oil inside the steam jacket where the steam is
circulated. I will adjust my heat to what ever temperature is needed
to slowly raise my syrup temperature to the desired temp.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9492">of 226-F to 230-F. I am considering using an oil pump from an Automobile
engine or large Diesel engine, new or cleaned very well. That is my plan
but I am not sure if the hot oil and the steam circulate in</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9493">the same way. My hope is to find someone with some knowledge on this
subject so I am not faced with extensive testing. </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9494">Thanks for your response.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9508"><b>From:</b> <a title="gjohn46@yahoo.com" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418905936885_9507" href="mailto:gjohn46@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gjohn46@yahoo.com">Glenn Johnson</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:37 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net" href="mailto:syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net">A list for sorghum and cane
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<div id="yiv0137166073yui_3_16_0_1_1418866344398_5720" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv0137166073yui_3_16_0_1_1418866344398_6318">Will the oil be able to handle that much
heat. Have you though about runing hot water. You can find hot water pumps
easly, they use them to move hot water in heat sustems. What temp are you going
to run?</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:11 PM,
sgardipee <sgardipee@hot.rr.com> wrote:<br></font></div><br><br>
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<div>Recently I purchased a 150 gallon Pfaudler, open top, Steam Kettle. </div>
<div>It looks like my cast iron syrup kettle except it is stainless steel and is
jacketed.</div>
<div>I want to try and use a remote, propane heated, thermal fluid heater.
My plan is to</div>
<div>circulate the hot oil instead of circulating steam. All components
except a hot</div>
<div>oil circulating pump will be home made. Has anyone done anything like
this?</div>
<div>Any information about how to do this modification will be appreciated. The
kettle</div>
<div>will be used to make sorghum syrup using the batch
method.</div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Syrupmakers
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