3. You will need to attach the high pressure Procon pump to your motor.Before you mount the pump, wire the motor for 220V temporarily so you can te thanks for putting this down for people like me! I have never run an RO system and am not quite sure how to run it. Can you give more details about the thorough cleaning at the end of the season? I got a 0 to 10% refractometer that resolves considerably better than my old 0 to 32 job. You can put your sap through the RO system on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and then more easily and safely save it up for the weekend. I have about 80 red maples some are huge and some are younger. Last year, I made about 1 gallon of sap and used 4(!!!) I had a great season here in SW Ohio, collecting over 525 gals of sap from 68 taps. I love the way you do things here! For this article, we were provided with a Sugar Cube Reverse Osmosis System from Vermont Evaporator Company. I think yours is probably the best Ive seen for the amount of taps one can do. Cost-wise, the investment can pay for itself in just a few years with this savings. Theyre the exact same filters. Thus, if you have an RO and enough birch trees, its likely that you could produce some high quality birch syrup. Im blessed to live in an old farmhouse, by a mountain lake, on acres of stone walls and sugar maples. Thanks Bill and Michelle sharing you drawing on a RO system. Yes!! I asked Bill but sadly he said no, he hasnt tried that. Click on the image below to pin this post. Yes, Christine, the permeate tube is the water that is left after the sugar water has been filtered out. Thank you again for sharing your wisdom! Every detail you need . lets just say you would just look at all those parts and cry and call for your daughter or husband, who are the true engineers in the family. Wow, 3 days of banging my head against a wall trying to get it working and it came down to the one-way valve and having the needle valve hooked up to the wrong outlet of the 4th membrane. Ive had this bookmarked for a while and finally made mine. WHAT PRESSURE SHOULD I HAVE? We have 110 taps and process roughly 5 gallons of sap through the RO every 45 minutes. At the end I was up to 5.5. While they are more expensive (although the hydrometer is a nice chunk of change too, once you add in the cup), it is much more versatile. Of course, no matter what you use for fuel, cuddling with a barn cat while you watch the sap boil makes everything a little more puuurfect. How does that compare to my costs last year? Traditional Daiquiri. Halekulani. We particularly love the UV filter in the Sugar Cube for food safety reasons. Thank you for taking the time to share all this information. Look up a group called the Vancouver Island Sapsuckers. ) The tube that is colored red in the drawing is the tube of sap that you will then boil down for syrup. If the weather is going to be particularly warm, we can take this smaller amount of sap and pop it in a cooler or the fridge so it doesnt warm up too much. It will cut your fuel costs in half, if not more. You know the ones that that filter out the impurities and leave you with wonderfully pure drinking water? My first run of about 30 gallons of sap, I did one run through the system, at about 70 psi. Michelle, When I start the pump, it goes through the sediment filter fine, but when it gets within an inch of the first membrane, it stops flowing. Cost then was quite high to buy. Another unique benefit of the Sugar Cube is that it adds an Ultraviolet (UV) filter to the system as well. Hi Michael, No need to apologize I could never build one of these myself. Do not see it in the drawing. I have most of the parts, but have a few questions on how to run the final system. But Im a little slow. I have no idea what to expect it to look like while running. Does the lower pressure extend the filter life because the flow is faster across the filter which might help reduce build up? It does have an ID of 3/8, but it should have an OD of 3/8. Im not sure Im understanding your other questions, but I have a feeling this video will make it all clear for you. If nothing else, sign up and get all these goodies delivered to your door for free shipping, right away, so you can start saving money on your propane. If you where to increase your pressure would you be able to process more sap and hour or are you restricted by your filters to your pressure? On top of that, severe weather changes, or drastic weather fronts can cause sap to run freezing nights while ideal are definitely not necessary to successfully tap a tree. lol. If so, I hope you love it. Ray Ingham is a hobby sugarmaker inHuntington, Vermont. Also, I am getting conflicting messages regarding storage..you freeze your RO filters, correct? Glance at myResource Pageif youd like to get a glimpse of other supplies I use for maple syrup making (as well as gardening, homeschooling, homesteading topics, nature journaling, and more). All winter. How often do filters/membranes need to be cleaned? Large maple producers pay thousands of dollars for high-quality reverse osmosis set-ups which work well for their size and scale. in the sense that we keep the waste (the sugar) and toss the water (permeate). Yes, Laurent is right, if you JUST want to measure the sugar content of your SAP, you can save money by getting a refractometer that only measures on the lower end of the scale like this one: https://amzn.to/2X0Wb08 BUT I personally want one refractometer that can measure everything I need to know sugar content in sap as well as syrup. I and two others donate sap to our county park district to boil down. (And it was my pleasure ). Taste and see that theLordis good. lol. I realized I had things set up all wrong. We chose 4 membranes cause we read that any more is pointless, but wanted to maximize what we could. That is insane return on my investment!. I only have 3 100 gpd membranes as one is on back order. Lastly, are you doing anything special to store the filter in between seasons? Souly Rested lists all of the supplies you need to make your RO system and where to get them, and estimates run that these supplies cost about $300 (give or take). . We set a large can of sap beside our RO. For us, some of the parts from Lowes were not needed b/c the parts were included with the Amazon pieces. Then checked the permeate and it was 0.3%. Otherwise, read on. Please consider helping me support sugarmaking education worldwide with every purchase of SoulyRested Swag. All parts were ordered from amazon.ca except for the pump which I ordered from amazon.com (the pump is weirdly extremely expensive on Canadian websites). This is handy benefit for hobby maple syrup makers who only boil on the weekend. I may try that this year.. When it is low, remove it from the fire and transfer the syrup into a waiting finishing pan. They said they could see the difference. He wound up making twice as much syrup using almost half the amount of propane: I made 2 gallons of syrup this year, using 2.5 tanks of propane. Also, youll get a shorter life out of your membranes if youre working them more (just a thought). You could also reach in and remove large pieces of debris with a slotted spoon. Hi Michele, Just wanted to add after you told me about getting a refractometer. The 1/4 inch tubing works fine into the pump, no need to convert. I love my Nikon; you canread more about my camera and even purchase your own here. I started producing maple syrup as a hobby over 20 years ago. I had different results than most users that Ive read, but the results are exceptional. Thanks again for sharing all this info.. Great to hear from you Gordie! Next to the prairie river in Bloomvile Wisconsin. Ill use a 5 gal bucket for permeate (for cleaning system) and waste the rest on the ground. Am I correct? Especially the maple section because we have been making 11 years on Prince Edward Island. We have 110 taps and process roughly 5 gallons of sap through the RO every 45 minutes.). Get a $20 E-Bay low scale refractometer and make a, say, 1.5% sugar solution. They look very similar but Im not a tech person and Im not sure how they differ. Thats why we own this one: https://amzn.to/2X0X9cM Both are fine choices, depending on what you want. I read somewhere that there are special chemicals for that. I ran a test by dumping some sugar in a 5 gallon bucket and it seemed to work correctly based on the tastes of the concentrate and the permeate since I dont own a refractormeter. Thanks. Larry. <3. Thanks for making me not look wrong. See a 2,100-tap operation using a tubing/vacuum system, reverse osmosis and a wood pellet-fired evaporator. Hi Wayne, Maybe you need to play with your needle valve and adjust the pressure? I use pruning shears. Thanks in advance. Im a retired guy who has made between 10 and 15 gallons of syrup annually using an open pan and LP gas as a heat source. , So interesting!! But no, Bill made the unit intending to take the filters out at the end of each season to clean and store and reuse the next season. Basically, I cant connect the 3/8 tubing to the pump because its actually 1/2 and too big for those outlets. To find me in some otherneck of the woods, just click any (or every!) I built it exactly like yours so Im a bit confused. Hi Gordie Thanks again for the help. Thank you so much for sharing this DIY RO set-up. And then the downer a material balance. Michelle, fyi my issue was a bad membrane. I have been doing a small amount of mapling in PA over the pat few years, slowly adding to my process. Listing Ok thanks, how do you flush the system, how often would you do it, and what do you do to store it? Do you run the permeant through in reverse to flush? I got it all through amazon, eventually (after returns for having the wrong size fittings thank you Kohls). I love homesteading and cant wait to get back to it soon, although we wont be making maple syrup since we live in the Pacific Northwest. It traps all the the sap in the filter doesnt let it through. lol. According to Leader Evaporator, it is a process through which a semi-permeable membrane is used to separate water from salt, sugar, minerals, and other impurities. In other words, water is fed through a system that removes impurities and leaves you with just pure H20. of pure water an hour. Will the water be coming out of the tube marked permeate? Im still a little unclear on the cleaning procedure after each run during the season. Cook zucchinis, garlic cloves and rosemary for 4 mins until beginning to colour. Honestly, getting all the pieces is the largest drain on your time. It still takes a long time and a lot of fuel to make the syrup, so your RO system sounds like it would help with both. Hi Mark, Its all Greek to me, but Bill said thats just his perference but you definitely can choose something else. Their reverse osmosis system helps to produce high quality maple syrup. Sadly, yes, you have to filter many other times throughout the whole process. While researching, Ive read about some RO systems running at 100 110 PSI, however this system runs around 60. A backyard sugarmaker in New England, and author of Sweet Maple. Maple syrup is made by boiling maple sap to evaporate most of the water until we are left with 66% sugar. Oh, boy, any technical questions I have to run by Bill. (And all the money it saves you!!). Does it cope ok? The other line is carrying the permeate, or tree water minus the extra sugar you have filtered into your ROd sap. RO Maple systems enhance the syrup Is the line with the needle valve the line with the sap to be boiled and the other line the waste water line? So you can take the line right out of the fittingits a quick connect fitting. We always, always run the sap through twice, even with the 4 membranes. No, we never wash our unit. True story. This is the 3rd year of tapping. Im curious as to what effect that would have. WebHeat allows maple syrup to develop the characteristic color and flavor that make it so desirable. (Sorry, bad pun. Id sure like to reduce my energy cost. I have additional questions regarding cleaning and storing the filters : It works quite well, but we have found that we go through a ton of wood processing maple syrup every year. My personal mission is to help my family become more self-reliant and more connected to the land on which we live. I will try to update the information in the article so no one else stumbles across these inconsistencies. I can see a little of it in the background in you video. Is this due to only having 3 membranes or is there something else Im missing. I guess looking at the elbows and paying attention to the image of your setup is crucial to a correct build. This kit is indeed awesome! I did find this suggestion for the seasonal storage of RO membranes: Storing your membranes in the off season: The actual red colored tubing on our RO system (see photo above) is NOT colored red on Bills drawing. We dont feed our sap directly into our RO. Required fields are marked *. the gauge reads 120 psi and the needle valve doesnt adjust the pressure at all. Pump and transformer,membranes* (you will need 4 but see other links for varying gallons per day),membrane casings(4),filter 4-pack,filter housing,pressure gauge, a straightneedle valve. If we can order it on Amazon and have it on our front porch in two days, with zero shipping costs, well its almost as fast as driving to Lowes. Hi Michelle. We are a very small family operation and your RO works really well. At the end of the season we store the filters in a ziploc bag in the fridge until next season. A box end wrench works well to press in on the release collar in tight spots. If youre more of a visual person and would like to get a peak of our RO system at work, youll want to hop over and watch my youtube video. Is this not correct? I just finished building my RO, and it looks just like yours, because i followed yours except I only put 3- 150 membranes in my system for now. HI Michelle, An official scientific study at the Univ of Vermont stated this in their conclusion: in sensory evaluations panelists were unable to detect a difference in flavor between the syrup produced simultaneously with unconcentrated sap and with the same sap concentrated to 8% by RO. Hi Bill, Im not sure Im understanding your question but the 50% is the increase in sugar content. THANKS AGAIN. Thats a Hi Sheila, three cheers for awesome husbands! We never need to clean them during the season, but every time we use it we run some permeate through the system before shutting it off for the night. We have 100 taps and the wood saved and time saved in one season has made it worth every penny!!. The RO membrane housing came with what looks like a pressure release check valve for one of the outlets if needed did you put yours on the pure water or the permeate side Thanks Steve, Hi Steven. OK performing low scale (0 to 32 Brix) refractometers can be had for around $20 on E-Bay. If you decide to take the plunge, let me know what you think. Thanks so much! Some of them are in series like yours and some ROs are set up in parallel. Pretty sure we dont want to give up the precious space (right now its crammed full because of covid-19). It does cope well, and efficiently. Anybody else with similar experiences? When its time to start up the RO again the next year, all we do is take the filters out of the fridge and use them. Maybe Im blind. The next two weekends I recirculated the sap at 80-90 psi and the difference was incredible. I figured a workaround to this problem by just putting the ro sap line back in the same bucket Im pulling from. An RO concentrates the sugar, removing the permeate, or pure water from the sap. Please let us know how it works for you! Funding for this project was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM170100XXXXG167, awarded to the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center. What causes air bubbles to come out of 1 RO filter the rest of them are ok.. Ive built and used your RO system for 3 years now. The stuff I order is the same as your part spec. Read thisarticle right here. Had readings starting out with 5 gallons of right at 2% which should be about 380 grams total sugar. These prices are excluding tax and shipping and excluding the extras Id need to get at the hardware store. Im building one but now I see the challenge with the first filter change. Hi Adam. Im sure youll notice lots of time savings this year! Maple syrup is produced typically from maple sap concentrated by nanofiltration or reverse osmosis at a moderate Brix level ranging from 6 to 16 Brix followed by heat evaporation. Open the tops and add additional solution if needed. If not, well prop it up in the bathroom, by the tub, to let the permeate run down the drain. If you mean needle valve, its on the permeate side. Continue the boiling until one pan of sap/syrup remains. (Bill said youre welcome. its nice for him to know its helping others after it took him 2 years to break down and put it all on paper for me. Im retired and a one-man band. The drawback is that you need 4 needle valves, one for each sap line/canister to create the proper back pressure. For us, producing enough syrup to last the full year plus more for gifts is part of our priority. Youll also need some tubing and connectors, as well as another valve. I flushed the system after each run. }); Im interested in making an RO machine from the plans you show here. The 1/4 ID has a 3/8 OD. . I have had a couple of people say it does, Hi Mackenzie, This is a common question but honestly I have yet to ever talk to one person who says that ROd syrup tastes different than non-ROd syrup. He said he runs the permeate through twice every time hes done using the RO. Seems like if I was using this to actually just.filter water, Id be wasting a lot of water (our tap water is actually not bad). Many readers often ask what camera I use to take the images you find here on SoulyRested. Knowing our sap has been filtered and is safe to use for longer helps us feel better about waiting until the weekend to boil. 4. I generally have used garden hose to connect the low pressure system components together. It's universal, it's cheap and readily available. It's That would still account for only 60 of the missing 130 grams. Do the filters NEED to be kept in the fridge? We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. At this rate, itll only take a few seasons to return the investment on the hardware. 0; . Your email address will not be published. This is only to remove any sediment, bugs, or twigs from the sap. We have never replaced the filters. That top will not spin unless the line is cut. Its all Bills work. A pre-made RO system like the Sugar Cube can cost up to $500, but if you are going to use it over the course of many years, youll save that much in firewood and your time to make it worth it. thank you Maple Tap Farm will also participate in the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival on April 1. What I see of it looks like an improvement over mine. Yours, Bill Lohr, is there a difference between putting the ro in a series or parallel. He has 400 trees. Thanks for all the hard work you do to spread the sweetness! I only have 40 taps, but if this works I will tap more. My name is Carrie Williams Howe and I am the founder and editor of Homestead How-To. It will definitely be worth the time and (your husbands) efforts!! Look into a refractometer. The Sugar cube is an RO system built into a compact ammo box with handles so that you can move it around as needed. Plenty of elbow grease and lots of clean, hot water are the best cleaning agents for maple syrup equipment. Also describe it in case I want to purchase one. https://youtu.be/o1pbklwyYw4. Funny you think we have a sap house boy wouldnt THAT be nice!? Funding for this project was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM170100XXXXG167, Approaches to syrup production. Ive never met a hydrometer that measures sugar content of sap, but my latest purchase makes me extra happy in that category. 5. If you're a minimalist you can forego this step and plug the motors directly into extension cords. But I like the convenience of having an off/o She lives on a small homestead in Vermont with her husband, two children, and a rambunctious border collie. Its just reversed. Happy sugaring!! I have not been able to remove much water just passing the sap thru the system. (I wish we had a better answer for the storage, but thats what we do. Thanks for the instructions and parts list. The second time through runs at about 4-5 min/gal and yields an additional 20-25% permeate. We dont often have time to boil more than once a week. Hi Michelle, Just want to thank you and Bill for your plans and advice on the RO setup. When ready to boil I run it into Alan. Trying to figure out which tube the water will come out of and which the concentrated sap. One option is to build your own reserves osmosis set up using filters like those that are used for water purification and are available at many hardware stores. Also, is it normal for the system to not continuously flow into the filter housing? How do you adjust the pressure; is that what the needle valve is for? Volunteers boil it down and the park sells it. Heather Gilson, whose family has about 50 taps in their backyard on any given year, explains, My husband built one last year and man was it a time saver for us!! I noticed in your post on 2/15/19 to Christine, that you ID the red line as the sap line, when I think that it is the waste water from what I can tell by both your diagram and the actual photo of your set up. WebPlace maple syrup and mustard in small bowl and stir with fork to combine. Great questions. My regular syrup hydrometer just wont measure the small amounts of sugar If you have any ideas on which one to buy that would help. Their cleaning regimen seems a bit extreme though. Feed your Family: How to Start a Vegetable Garden from Scratch, this set of instructions from Souly Rested, Sugar Cube Reverse Osmosis System from Vermont Evaporator Company, How to Prepare your Vegetable Garden for Winter (Fall Garden Checklist). Click either the item name or the picture for ordering information. The views expressed by authors on this site are based on their experiences only; Homestead-How To in no way provides any warranty, expressed or implied, toward the content of these articles. He said he was processing between 18-20 of sap per hr. Guessing that was the major design consideration. Im wanting to do up to 200-300 trees this year. We use filters intended for 150 gallons per day, and 5 gallons goes through in about 45 minutes. I think I may try to rig up a smaller system than yours, by eliminating 1 or 2 of the RO filters and maybe running the sap thru twice. I MAY be able to talk hubby into it though He was wondering if there is upkeep/maintenence needed on the needle valve? . And a pleasant way to describe your knowledge. Rev O did 0.03 kwh per gallon water removed Mark & Colleen Falardeau, backyard sugarmakers who built this RO system, explain, It cost us roughly $300 to make our RO and it takes sap from 2-3% sugar content to 7-8% in one pass! I know nothing, as you can tell. My concentrate was sound 4%. Copyright 2023 Souly Rested | Powered by Astra WordPress Theme. So happy sugaring and thanks for the simple RO. Thank you very much for this system. I have run straight hot water thru and the water drain flows freely. This article goes over how to use reverse osmosis in a sugaring operation using a few different methods. Thank you for all of this; would not have done it without you. But whether youre a backyard sugarmaker who uses propane or wood for fuel, a homemade ro system will save you a boatload of time and money. Skillet did 3.84 kwh / gallon of water removed. Its rather simple, its rather small, but its totally huge on savings. Just follow their directions and it will work for you.. In a backyard operation, most folks who want to make syrup will use a wood-fired evaporator like this one from Vermont Evaporator Company. Have you noticed your syrup having a Different taste when you started using an ros system. Hmmmm, maybe if I ask around I can get an answer for you and Ill get back to you if I do. Hi Jim, I have never have run my sap through more than once, but I know people who do. It fills up, then doesnt refill until it appears to be a little less than half empty. I currently only have 1 tree that gave me 60 gallons this season. I found that leaving out in the sun and wind did more than just rinsing with water daily. Dont use rusty or corroded spouts, buckets, or other maple utensils. Its was 2% to start with. I would boil this down in less than 3 hours in my 24 pan. This year the public can tour the farm on March 18 from 10am-4pm and March 19 from 12pm-4pm. It appears that the RO filters will be a challenge to change due to the lines set top and bottom on the casing will not allow the top of the casing to be unscrewed???? Hi Marlowe. Maple syrup producers use an evaporator to boil the sap into syrup, and doing so can take quite a long time (read more about how to boil here). Follow up questions re: cleaning. Separation by reverse osmosis Up to two-thirds of the water in maple sap can be separated by using reverse osmosis before the boiling process, which will My sap went from1.5% sugar to 4 to 5% sugar after running through my ro. Sorry if that is confusing. Web2K subscribers. When were making maple syrup, reverse osmosis also leaves you with pure water, but what it removes is actually what we want to keep highly concentrated sap. Every Im about to build my unit thanks to your posting! 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