Systems and methods for drying plant material using molecular sieves

A system for drying a plant material, comprising:

• a substantially airtight plant material container containing the plant material;
• a substantially airtight circulation device container containing a circulation device;
• a sieve chamber containing a plurality of molecular sieves;
• an outlet duct extending from the circulation device through a wall of the plant material container;
• a sieve chamber inlet duct extending through a wall of the plant material container to a proximal end of the sieve chamber;
• and
• a sieve chamber outlet duct extending from a distal end of the sieve chamber through a wall of the circulation device container.

A method for drying a plant material, comprising:

• providing:
• an airtight plant material container containing the plant material,
• an airtight circulation device container containing a circulation device and a gas,
• a sieve chamber containing a plurality of molecular sieves,
• an outlet duct extending from the circulation device through a wall of the plant material container;
• a sieve chamber inlet duct extending through a wall of the plant material container to a proximal end of the sieve chamber, and
• a sieve chamber outlet duct extending from a distal end of the sieve chamber through a wall of the circulation device container;
• circulating the gas from the circulation device, through the outlet duct, through the plant material container, through the sieve chamber inlet duct, through the sieve chamber, through the sieve chamber outlet duct, to the circulation device container, and back into the circulation device;
• wherein circulating the gas causes the gas to contact the plant material and the plurality of molecular sieves,
• wherein water within the plant material turns to water vapor and flows with the gas,
• wherein the water vapor contacts the molecular sieves, and
• wherein the molecular sieves adsorb the water vapor.