We started in the cannabis community but then hemp has been our primary focus only due to the fact there are not too many cannabis operators wanting to process 1000# per shift. There are a few and some struggling to make it with other systems. We went to hemp because 1000# per shift was a small amount considering, but we brought to the table crude quality from the cannabis industry. This gave us a chance to prove our machines to the world and now we are coming back to the cannabis industry.
We have since gone backwards and made our Turbo Unit that can process 200# per shift as a single column unit, and its expansion kit to add another 400# capacity.
Is this the mysterious patent pending High Pressure Hydrocarbon Extraction (HPHE) that is mentioned but not explained on your website and IG?
- Yes. It is similar to a refrigeration system. How often do you top off your refrigerator? How much solvent does it require to maintain the zones as required under the conditions? We only need 60# of solvent to operate our entire Behemoth. All day long, don’t even need to put it back into the tank until the end of the day (pretty advanced).
If you take a given cylinder length and width and one utilizes the inside diameter surface area only (WFE) and the other is filled with a tube sheet (FFE), how can the WFE have exponentially greater surface area?
- Not so much actual physical area, but the wiping action increases the surface area of the liquid being moved to the wall being heated via agitation.
- Our wfe is a positive pressure unit, it is not designed to operate below a specified pressure.
- Finally, it is not there to replace vacuum ovens, it is only to remove the majority volume of the most volatile component as fast as possible from a very viscus product while pulling crude from the storage vats.
Who in their right mind is gonna want to extract 1000# per 8hrs by packing, unpacking and then cleaning 7-10# socks continuously?
- Yea I would agree its good work to run 1000# per day, our guys in Wisconsin are already doing it. They feel they could run more if they used the more advanced tech of just moving the gas from side to side instead of a complete recovery at the end of the run. Our California clients are well on their way as well running cannabis. Next up to train the two local operators on their units.
IMO for making crude a continuous process or at least one with larger material holding vats has a major advantage over you here.
- We have much larger automated designs in progress. There is a HUGE problem with just going to a larger vat size; ASME wall thickness & the fact that stainless is more of an insulator than conductor of heat.
Do you include the packing, unpacking and cleaning of the material socks in the 1000# per 8hrs claim?
- Yes. Socks are packed in a separate room and stored for later use. 100# per hour is a more appropriate rate. This machine is designed to operate 24/7.
It is not too difficult to advance a technology that is still living in the primordial times. It all revolves around pressure and how to use it to your advantage. Understanding gaseous solvents and what happens when they are compressed above normal temp/pressure relationship. We use a Phase Transient solvent that is not a solid liquid nor gas nor supercritical, but rather a mixture of vapor and liquid, also known as a saturated vapor. We have calculated every stage of our system and what the quality state of the gas is (liquid/vapor) at all points. For instance, an average liquid density ranges between 75-90% liquid depending on the situation in the extraction column. Once you understand the basics of our units you will smack yourself in the head… happens every time we train.
Its kind of like a radio; when tuned you can hear the station great, but when out of tune will sound like garbage or have no sound at all.
(Sadly hash people get it the least or not at all)
@GreenProcessSolution If you think about your statement, my purpose for the WFE is to distill the majority propane (highly volatile) out of the highly viscous crude with the shortest residence time possible. This is great for temperature-sensitive mixtures such as cannabinoids & terpenes. 
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