Short-path distillation | important distillation equipment for essential oil extraction
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Short-path distillation system is a distillation technique that involves the distillate traveling a short distance, often only a few centimeters, and is usually done at reduced pressure.
What should you pay attention to when extracting essential oils by short-path distillation equipment?
1. Check if the inlet and outlet valves of the cooling water are normally open and the pressure is within the normal range.
2. Check if the inlet and outlet valves of the cooling water of each component are in the open state.
3. The equipment is heated by hot oil. The surface temperature of the external heating body is high. Do not touch it with your hands to avoid burns.
4. Check if the ethanol in the cryostat is sufficient.
5. Pay attention to whether the liquid nitrogen in the liquid nitrogen tank is sufficient.
6. Check if the connection between the cold well and the equipment is closed.
Why use short-path distillation to extract essential oils?
Techniques for extracting essential oils include distillation, liposuction, extraction, and solvent extraction. The distillation method is currently the most widely used and lowest cost method, and short-path distillation is the easiest and most cost-effective way to extract essential oils, so the short path distillation system will become the most popular distillation equipment for extracting essential oils.
How does short-path distillation extract plant essential oils?
In a short-path distillation apparatus, the plant is suspended in an evaporation flask, and the highly volatile essential oil component in the plant is volatilized with the vapor, separated from the plant, and the vapor is condensed and collected to obtain a mixture of the essential oil and the water, and then the oil is used. Different from the density of water, the essential oil is separated from the water to obtain pure essential oil. Note: For some plants that use high temperature distillation to easily destroy the essential oil components, careful selection of the extraction method is required.
What can the extracted essential oil do?
1. Tea tree oil can quickly acne, sputum printing, conditioning skin oil secretion.
2. Rose essential oil has the effect of smooth fine lines, moisturizing skin, whitening and moisturizing.
3. Lavender essential oil has the effect of calming and calming the nerves and reducing inflammation and acne.
4. Grape seed oil has anti-oxidation effect, protecting skin cells from free radical damage.
5. Grapefruit essential oil can nourish tissue cells, increase physical strength, soothe bronchitis, diuretic, improve obesity, edema and lymphatic system diseases, and fight infection.
How to use the extracted essential oil?
Different essential oils can be extracted from different plants. Essential oils can be divided into single essential oils and compound essential oils.
A single essential oil is a plant essential oil extracted from a certain plant. It generally has a relatively rich odor of the plant and has specific functions and characteristics.
The compound essential oil is made to achieve a certain effect, and is selected according to a certain proportion and formula to select a suitable base oil.
Unilateral essential oils should not be applied directly to the skin and should be mixed with the base oil before use. The compound essential oil can be applied directly to the skin.
Why extract essential oils?
In 2017, the global essential oil raw material market was 2.2 billion US dollars, which is expected to reach 2.27 billion US dollars this year, and is expected to grow to 2.83 billion US dollars by 2023. It is reported that the average growth rate of the global essential oil raw materials market in 2018~2023 is maintained at 4.5%. From 2018 to 2023, the European market accounted for the highest market share of essential oil raw materials, and the European countries such as France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom were the headquarters of major essential oil raw material manufacturers. The Asia-Pacific region, North America, the Middle East, the Americas and Central and South America had to succumb. Thereafter. With the above data, it can be seen that the market development trend of essential oils in the future is very good.
Essential oils have different functions and effects and are now widely used in people's lives. So the market for essential oils will grow bigger and bigger.
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