Brew measured chilling rate and heat calculator

Calculate average temperature drop and removed sensible heat with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

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Initial liquid temperature (°C)
90
Final liquid temperature (°C)
25
Elapsed chilling time (minutes)
30
Liquid mass (kg)
20
Specific heat (kJ/kg K)
4.18
Average temperature drop (°C/min)
2.166667
Removed sensible heat (kJ)
5434
Average cooling power (kW)
3.018889

Try another scenario

Initial liquid temperature (°C)
91
Final liquid temperature (°C)
25
Elapsed chilling time (minutes)
30
Liquid mass (kg)
20
Specific heat (kJ/kg K)
4.18
Average temperature drop (°C/min)
2.2
Removed sensible heat (kJ)
5,517.6
Average cooling power (kW)
3.065333
Calculation method

Calculation method

Average temperature drop (°C/min)

Measured average cooling: ΔT/time; heat = mass × specific heat × ΔT, with no phase change.

Removed sensible heat (kJ)

Measured average cooling: ΔT/time; heat = mass × specific heat × ΔT, with no phase change.

Average cooling power (kW)

Measured average cooling: ΔT/time; heat = mass × specific heat × ΔT, with no phase change.

Symbols and units
a
Initial liquid temperature (°C)
b
Final liquid temperature (°C)
c
Elapsed chilling time (minutes)
d
Liquid mass (kg)
e
Specific heat (kJ/kg K)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • User-supplied measurements and assumptions; Measured average cooling: ΔT/time; heat = mass × specific heat × ΔT, with no phase change. Supported limits: Finite numeric values bounded to 1e9 magnitude; lists and tables contain 1–100 records unless a stricter bound is stated. Inputs use the units shown. Lists explicitly paired by a method must have matching lengths; independent polynomial coefficient vectors may differ. Respect stated physical, interpolation, policy and computational domain limits.
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