Am i on the right path?

[cyclopath]

There are other options…

Purging ethanol with hot plate

either get an ethanol recovery system, or don’t bother recovering it. your boss paid ~$2k for the solvent (assuming beverage grade), offer to blow it off to atmosphere with a $40 used commercial rice cooker. point out that he will then need to buy more solvent. you can triclamp a 2" spool to an unmodified beer keg and make a still for less than $200. you’d be done in a week. http://rainierdistillers.com/stills-for-sale/ [Turn used Keg into a Boiler for Moonshine Still or HOMEBREW] …

@shaby read more. THEN ask questions. Read whole threads. Follow some of the links right below the first post.