How do you pump hot water from steam pan/steam-away to reservoir/tank?

[javahill]

Steam-always/steam pans produce a lot of hot water. How have you set up your plumbing? Does the hot water go into a bucket/tank and then you pump it up to a reservoir/tank over a sink? Can you plumb directly to a reservoir?

What kind of pump do you use for the near boiling water? How do you drain it so that it doesn’t freeze overnight?

Thanks

[Bruce L]

Our steam away water drops into a 400 gallon tank behind the sugar house,then a pipe coming out the bottom spout is teed to either dump the water on the ground or come back into the sugar house,where I have a grundfos pump( meant for hot water from an outdoor furnace) to pump the distilled hot water back into whichever pan I choose to clean up

[DrTimPerkins]

That's similar to what we had when we used a Steamaway. Stainless pipe coming off the evaporator to a 300-gal tank. We didn't pump it...just had it elevated a little with a spigot to fill buckets with hot water.

With our Lapierre Volcano 2000 we have a hot water heater loop in the backpan. We pump water through the loop with a circulation pump (meant for hot water heating systems) into a 1,500 gal tank (we usually only fill to 800-1,000 gal). The pump loop also has outlets at several other places in the building where we might want hot water, particularly near the sink for washing the filter press.

[unc23win]

I’m looking into doing something with my water from my piggy back. I had it plumbed with a T and valve to fill buckets or drain out floor drain. I didn’t have time to do it any other way. My water comes out right next to my hog float. So I either have to go around the back or under the evaporator. I’m leaning towards under evaporator into a tank with pump then plumb it so I can make better use of good hot water.

What about freezing is it an issue? Pump circulate all the time? Any issues?

[Bruce L]

I have my pump plumbed with ball valves and quick connectors that I take the pump home most every night