Buying used instead of new can be good for a lot of reasons. Buying used instead of new is easier on the wallet and on the environment. Garage sales and resale shops are good for this very reason because I love saving money (and hate wasting it) and Continue reading
A stationary chiller is a chiller that does not have a pump or tank directly attached to it. The basic composition of a stationary chiller is a single chiller unit that stands alone. A connection from pipes to pump and Continue reading
As temperatures cool the ambient air and everyone must bundle up before leaving their houses to go to work or Christmas shopping or to the grocery store everything around us seems barren. Grass and produce stop growing, leaves are raked and trees seem lifeless. I think about the food I eat and Continue reading
Chiller image courtesy of Cold Shot Chillers.
Chillers can be found in many aspects of your life, even if you do not realize it. Anything that you may like cooled or to maintain a specific temperature most likely uses a chiller to accomplish that. The big, old brick house I grew up in did not have air conditioning. Most summer nights were bearable with open windows and a fan. About three nights a year, however, Continue reading
Water chiller image courtesy of General Air Products, Inc.
A friend of mine really enjoys brewing his own beer. He started off with just a very basic beer brewing kit involving two pails, grains and yeast. Since then, his interest and passion in brewing has exploded. He built his own wort chiller with a tube coiled through a hose. After the beer is brewed and ready to be Continue reading
Process chiller image courtesy of Advantage Engineering, Inc.
Growing up in a newspaper family I learned in the ins and outs of a printing press and the process involved. As a child I loved walking into the printing facility and letting the smell of ink and paper fill my nose. Process chillers are Continue reading
Screw chiller image courtesy of Thermal Care, Inc.
The year 1878 was a big year for the world. It was the year Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. The year The Yale News became the first daily college newspaper in the United States. It was the year the Mexican Revolutionary Pancho Villa and Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin were born. It is also the year that German scientist Continue reading
As an environmental enthusiast, I really dislike wasting things. I rarely throw food away. I squeeze the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. I recycle everything. A budget, a food plan and prioritizing Continue reading
Air-cooled chiller image courtesy of Lytron Affinity Chillers and Heat Exchangers
Sitting in my required chemistry class in college nearly bored me to death. I vaguely remember my professor talking about refrigerants and their chemical forms and makeup and how some are really bad for the environment and can no longer be used, such as CFCs, and some are Continue reading
Portable chiller image courtesy of Temptek, Inc.
I enjoy the portability of many items such as a DVD player for long car rides, my mp3 player for the commute to work, my smart phone with information instantly at my fingertips and the garage door opener so I don’t have to get out of my car and manually open and close the garage door. These items are convenient and make daily life easier. The portability of items can bring tremendous Continue reading