Method and apparatus for extracting botanical oils

A system for extracting oil from plant material, comprising:

• a gas moving device operable to propel a gas stream through the system;
• a heater in fluid communication with the gas moving device such that the heater is operable to heat the gas stream and produce a heated gas stream;
• an extraction chamber configured to receive a plant material, in which the extraction chamber is in fluid communication with both the gas moving device and the heater such that the heated gas stream is directed through plant material disposed in the extraction chamber to vaporize oil from the plant material and produce an oil vapor;
• a collection chamber in fluid communication with the extraction chamber such that the gas stream flows from the extraction chamber to the collection chamber, in which the collection chamber is configured to cool the gas stream to condense the oil vapor and produce a condensed oil;
• and
• a liquid collector in fluid communication with the collection chamber such that at least some of the condensed oil is directed from the collection chamber to the liquid collector,
• wherein the system is configured such that the gas moving device propels the gas stream through each of the heater, the extraction chamber, and the collection chamber;
• and
• the system is configured to simultaneously vaporize oil from the plant material and condense oil vapor.