Cephalo

Thank you kindly for your reply. We are extracting specific carotenoids from plant leafs. Grow the plants, apply stress and collect the leafs. It's under patents and I can't really say all I would like to. Nothing illegal. It's for work... I do not know how to calculate the parameters necessary for what you consider "a standard distillation". At the end I need to order a reactor, a condenser, a heater and a chiller. What specs do I need? The 8h is so we can finish one batch in one shift at work. Is it really too fast? 10L/h is too much to expect? What do you think is more reasonable/ safe? Thank you W

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Morning, Please forgive my English and unfamiliarity with some of the terms I need. Outside my field... We are trying our luck with crude oil extracts from plant material. Soak the dry plant material in a solvent (Ethanol/Acetone/ Ethylacetate Etc...) We have been working in lab scale using a rotary evaporator. Now I need to design and purchase a larger system for doing the same basic thing. Evaporating a solvent and collecting the oil. The goal is to evaporate 100L of solvent in about 8h of work. So... here is what I think we need (and a few questions): 1) 5L double jacketed reactor (Vacuum prof). 2) A heater/ water calculator for the jacket (Heating capacity? Pump speed and type? How not to break the glass jacket?) 3) A condenser- I have been told that we need a very large joint 45/40 and a very large surface area of at least 0.8m2 - Not sure how much it its true. 4) A chiller circular for glycosomething- to cool the condenser (Cooling capacity? Pump specifications?) Any advice would be very much appreciated! Thank you Cephalo