Why is Ethanol Used as Solvent for Extraction?
Ethanol is widely used as washing solvent in many equipment, so many people may have a question about “Why is ethanol used as solvent for extraction”. First of all, ethanol has a very good solubleness, which makes ethanol be able to dissolve with so many sample materials such as cbd. Secondly, the boiling point of ethanol is quite low, so ethanol is easy to be separated from the mixture and can save energy at the same time. Therefore, ethanol is always used as solvent for extraction.
Ethanol Extraction Equipment
There are several ethanol extraction equipment, such as closed loop extractor, industrial centrifuge, falling film evaporator and some other equipment.
A closed loop extractor is a full-set ethanol extraction equipment, which means it integrates funtions of several decives. For example, users put dried hemp leaves into a closed loop extractor, then they can obtain cbd. A closed loop extractor generally can do extraction, distillation and other works.
An industrial centrifuge has a quite high efficiency on extracting substances from the mixtures, which is to separate liquid and solid. The working principle of industrial centrifuge is to separate different substances by centrifugal power. Different substances with different weight will be transferred into different places.
Falling film evaporator is a separation equipment that has a high efficiency on evaporating or concentrating substances, especially heat sensitive substances. The materials will be divided into thin films during the evaporation process, which improves the working efficiency a lot.
What are the Types of Extraction Equipment?
The extraction equipment can be classified in different ways. For example, they can be divided into two major categories according to their operating methods: step-by-step contact extraction equipment and continuous contact extraction equipment. Extraction equipment can also be classified according to the method of two-phase mixing or countercurrent generation, that is, without stirring and Stirred extraction equipment or gravity-induced countercurrent extraction equipment and centrifugal countercurrent extraction equipment.
What is the Best Way to Extract CBD from Hemp?
There are several ways to extract CBD from hemp such as ethanol extraction method, CO2 extraction method, butane extraction method, oil extraction method and some other extraction methods. Nowadays, ethanol extraction method is used most widely and safest. CO2 extraction method and butane extraction method are less safe than ethanol extraction method. Therefore, ethanol extraction method is the best way to extract CBD from hemp.
What is the Ethanol Winterization Process?
The boiling point of ethanol is 78.3 ° C and the freezing point is -114 ° C. Ethanol and water can be mixed in any ratio to form antifreeze with different freezing points. The more ethanol is added, the lower the freezing point is. The antifreeze can prevent the coolant from freezing and bursting the radiator and freezing the engine cylinder block or cover during cold winter. Most people think that antifreeze is only used in winter, but in fact antifreeze is used all year round.
How is Ethanol Used for Cannabis Extraction?
Ethanol is a good extracting solvent, because it has a good solubleness. Therefore, during the process of Cannabis Extraction, ethanol is used to extract cbd out of hemp. And then separating cbd from the mixture of cbd and ethanol can get you the pure ethanol. By the way, ethanol is easy to be separated with cbd, which makes it easier to get the cbd with a high purification.
Extraction Methods
There are several extraction methods, including Carbon Dioxide Extraction, Butane Extraction, Ethanol Extraction and so on. All these extraction methods can extract substances efficiently, which have the similar functions and still some differences.
