Systems, devices, and methods for symphasic closed-cycle heat exchange
AssigneeScientific 710, LLC
InventorClancy Callaghan
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Abstract
The present invention discloses systems, devices, and methods for symphasic closed-cycle heat exchange, applicable to processes for extraction of compounds from biological materials, such as cannabis and other plants; said systems, devices, and methods incorporating a closed-cycle refrigeration circuit to provide energy savings and other improvements over existing single loop closed-cycle extraction processes.
Claims20
A system for extraction of compounds from biological material, the system comprising:
- (a) a closed-cycle solvent extraction circuit comprising:
- (i) a solvent tank, structured to hold an extraction solvent;
- (ii) a material column, structured to hold a biological material for extraction;
- (iii) a collection tank, structured to receive the extraction solution;
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- (iv) a return channel, structured to provide fluid communication between the collection tank and the solvent tank;
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- (b) a closed-cycle refrigeration circuit comprising:
- (i) an evaporator, thermally coupled to the solvent tank;
- (ii) a compressor;
- (iii) a condenser, thermally coupled to the collection tank;
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- (iv) a throttling device or a control means for controlling a flow of a refrigerant between the condenser and the evaporator.
A system for extraction of compounds from biological material, the system comprising:
- (a) a closed-cycle solvent extraction circuit comprising:
- (i) a solvent tank, structured to hold an extraction solvent;
- (ii) a material column, structured to hold a biological material for extraction;
- (iii) a collection vessel, structured to receive the extraction solution;
- (iv) an evaporation vessel, fluidly coupled to the collection vessel;
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- (v) a return channel, structured to provide fluid communication between the evaporation vessel and the solvent tank;
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- (b) a closed-cycle refrigeration circuit comprising:
- (i) an evaporator, thermally coupled to the solvent tank;
- (ii) a compressor;
- (iii) a condenser, thermally coupled to the evaporation vessel;
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- (iv) a throttling device or a control means for controlling a flow of a refrigerant between the condenser and the evaporator.
A closed-cycle heat exchange device thermally coupled to a solvent extraction system for extraction of compounds from biological material, the device comprising:
- (a) an evaporator;
- (b) a compressor;
- (c) a condenser;
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- (d) a throttling device or a control means for controlling the flow of a refrigerant between the condenser and the evaporator;
- wherein the evaporator is thermally coupled to a solvent tank of the solvent extraction system, and the condenser is thermally coupled to a collection tank or an evaporation vessel of the solvent extraction system;
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- wherein the device is capable of creating a thermal gradient to drive a solvent in the solvent extraction system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.