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US 2022/0387904 A1Published application
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.
Claims17
1:
- 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 (18, 38, 58), to receive the vaporous distilland and pass it into said headspace chamber (16, 36, 56);
- a collection surface (22, 42, 62) below said headspace chamber (16, 36, 56) to collect the distillate, wherein said collection surface has a sloped lower surface;
- a separable upper surface (28, 68, 70) above said headspace chamber (16, 36, 56);
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- an outlet port (24, 44, 64), to receive the distillate from said collection surface (22, 42, 62) and pass it out of the distillation head (10, 30, 50).
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- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 1, wherein said headspace chamber (16, 36, 56) and said condenser surface (18, 38, 58) have a vertical common first axis (14), said extended portion (26, 36, 56) of said inlet port (12, 32, 52) has a vertical second axis (14), and said first axis (14) and said second axis (14) are coaxial.
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- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 1, wherein the condenser surface (18, 38, 58) is of a corrosion resistant metal alloy.
7:
- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 1, further comprising a cooler (20, 40, 60) attached to said condenser surface (18, 38, 58).
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9:
- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 7, wherein said cooler (20, 40, 60) receives a flowing medium to cool said condenser surface (18, 38, 58) and thereby also to cool portions of the distilland that contact said condenser surface (18, 38, 58).
10:
- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 9, wherein said medium is a member of the set consisting of a liquid and a gas.
11:
- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 7, wherein said cooler (60) includes at least one fin (60) attached to said condenser surface (18, 38, 58).
12:
- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 1, further comprising a sight portal (28, 68) above said headspace chamber (16, 36, 56).
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- 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;
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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 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.
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- The process of claim 14, wherein said condensing surface is actively cooled by a flowing medium that is a member of the set consisting of a liquid and a gas.
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- The distillation head (10, 30, 50) of claim 1, wherein said separable upper surface (28, 68, 70) encompasses the entire upper-most surface area of said headspace chamber (16, 36, 56) with no inward restriction from said condensation surface (18, 38, 58).
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- The process of claim 14, wherein said separable upper surface encompasses the entire upper-most surface area of said headspace chamber with no inward restriction from said condensation surface.
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