Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Target packaged water-equivalent volume (L)
- 20
- Grain absorption loss (L)
- 4
- Mash/kettle dead spaces (L)
- 2
- Transfer/packaging losses (L)
- 2
- Boil evaporation (L)
- 3
- Total process losses (L)
- 11
- Required starting water (L)
- 31
Try another scenario
- Target packaged water-equivalent volume (L)
- 22
- Grain absorption loss (L)
- 4
- Mash/kettle dead spaces (L)
- 2
- Transfer/packaging losses (L)
- 2
- Boil evaporation (L)
- 3
- Total process losses (L)
- 11
- Required starting water (L)
- 33
Calculation method
Calculation method
Total process losses (L)
Starting water=target+absorption+deadSpace+transfers+evaporation.
Required starting water (L)
Starting water=target+absorption+deadSpace+transfers+evaporation.
Symbols and units
- a
- Target packaged water-equivalent volume (L)
- b
- Grain absorption loss (L)
- c
- Mash/kettle dead spaces (L)
- d
- Transfer/packaging losses (L)
- e
- Boil evaporation (L)
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- Volume ledger at a common reference temperature; ingredient water and volume displacement not included. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Volume ledger at a common reference temperature; ingredient water and volume displacement not included.
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