RO sizing questions
Is there a formula for boiling concentrate levels?
My question is if I'm taking 2% sap and removing 50% of water, that is making 4% concentrate correct?
Then I am halving the boil time. I am reading where some are taking concentrate to 10% so this is 1/5th the boil time?
New to maple, had 100 taps this year on 3/16 and had a ton of sap, have 1000+ more trees, looking to expand modularly over the next few years, and am planning my RO build/evap expansion accordingly.
I made a spreadsheet for straight boiling, and am trying to get the formula for RO to work in it so I can determine the size RO I can build for my current evap- 25gph and then upgrade to a 2x6 or bigger in a few years and then upgrade the RO for more taps, hopefully without straight buying new equipment every year.
Thanks for any input.
Ben
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