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Amount of wort volume lost due to evaporation during the boil period.
Amount of wort volume lost due to evaporation during the boil period.


Evaporation Loss = ([[Evap/Hour]] / 100 ) * [[Wort Boil Duration]] * [[Kettle Volume]]
Evaporation Loss = [[Evap/Hour]] * [[Wort Boil Duration]]


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[[Image:Vol.jpg]]

Revision as of 20:40, 29 November 2007

Definition

Amount of wort volume lost due to evaporation during the boil period.

Evaporation Loss = Evap/Hour * Wort Boil Duration

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Example

An example would be if you have 0.67 Gallons entered in the Evap/Hour field, and you boil 6.74 gallons of wort for 1.5 hours, then the volume of water lost will be 1.01 gallons.

Evaporation Loss = 1.01gal = 0.67gal/h * 1.5h

See also