Short path distillation head
OwnerAgustus Berman Shelander, Lilibel De La Puenteinventors
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Abstract
A distillation head for distilling a distillate from a vaporous distilland. The distillation head including a headspace chamber within a condenser surface. An inlet port having an extended portion below and to but not into the headspace, to receive the vaporous distilland and pass it into the headspace. A collection surface below the headspace to collect the distillate. And an outlet port, to receive the distillate from the collection surface and pass it out of the distillation head.
Claims9
A distillation head (10, 30, 50) for distilling a distillate from a vaporous distilland, comprising:
- a headspace chamber (16, 36, 56) at least partially encompassed by an actively cooled condenser surface (18, 38, 58);
- an inlet port (12, 32, 52) having an extended portion (26, 36, 56) below and to but not into a volume encompassed by said actively cooled condenser surface, said inlet port configured to receive the vaporous distilland and pass it into said headspace chamber;
- a collection surface (22, 42, 62) below said headspace chamber to collect the distillate, wherein said collection surface has a planar sloped lower surface and said headspace chamber and said condenser surface have a vertical common first axis, said extended portion of said inlet port has a vertical second axis, and said first axis and said second axis are coaxial;
- a separable upper surface (28, 68, 70) above said headspace chamber wherein said separable upper surface encompasses an entire upper-most surface area of said headspace chamber with no inward restriction from said condensation surface;
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- an outlet port (24, 44, 64), to receive the distillate from said collection surface and pass it out of the distillation head.
A process for distilling a distillate from a vaporous distilland, the process comprising the steps of:
- (a) directing the vaporous distilland into a distillation head via an inlet port;
- (b) receiving the vaporous distilland via an extended portion of said inlet port into a headspace chamber of said distillation head, wherein:
- (1) said headspace chamber is at least partially encompassed by a condensing surface that is actively cooled and has a separable upper surface, wherein said separable upper surface encompasses an entire upper-most surface area of said headspace chamber with no inward restriction from said condensation surface;
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- (2) said extended portion of said inlet port extends below and to but not into a volume encompassed by said condenser surface that is actively cooled;
- (c) condensing portions of the vaporous distilland onto said condensing surface such that it falls as distillate onward to a collecting surface, wherein said collection surface has a planar sloped lower surface;
- (d) collecting the distillate that falls onto said collecting surface;
- (e) receiving the distillate collected in (c) into an outlet port;
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- (f) directing the distillate received in (d) out of said distillation head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.