Good choice! I decided to go with their motor and pump only, built my own cart and did a c1d1 start stop with vfd controller mounted on the wall. (Actual vfd mounted outside of the control room)
Biomass always has some water in it even when considered “completely dry”
Well 30% rh is still “wet” but not fresh, sure
@Kingofthekush420 yeah even desiccant can only get it to 1%
@FTGLabs: a very dim light begins to shine…time to wake up!
water/water everywhere, why not use it?
@moronnabis i actually very much enjoyed that old school gaming response
water, alcohol and cannabinoids is a long story…
the intent was a hint: if you are using alcohol you’re going to
learn a lot about water.
“Gamification” is a separate thesis, but not my intent.
Oh yes. I get how much water can change the effectiveness of etoh. That being said, I haven’t gone down any testing to see if in fact, more water = better, just that generally less proofed than 180 = PITA
It is a trade off…some things get better others become more complicated.
Why dont you just take an EtOH extract…and dilute it in series…90:10;80:20; 70:30…etc.
When you evaporate the EtOH in a rotovap…you are doing the same thing backwards.
PITA not familiar with term?
Pain in the ass
Micelles
Howdy, I hope all is well. I’ve been lurking around some of the centrifuge threads today. I have a similar/slightly larger version of the same centrifuge that I’ve been soaking/“agitating”. I’m a little behind the times with the whole spray it to slay it sop but hopefully not for long!
A few questions:
Did you end up getting the center hole on the lid modified and implement said spray method?
Does(did) your basket have that cone protruding from the bottom?
If so, would you say the shorter CIP spray ball was able provide ample “coverage” in this application?
Not yet… been moving to a new facility and never got time. But, I did tell a buddy of mine whose running it now (using the spray ball above) and he loves it. It did provide ample soaking and he was left with under .5 percent on his last run… he’s still dialing it in.
you want the spray ball just about centered hight-wise. which is not very far off the cone. if you’re using a rotating CIP ball, I suggest filling in some of the slots so you’re not wasting so much cold spraying at the lid. I found a strobe light helpful for understanding the spray pattern.
Look at big brain over here! 
Good call on that one!
big brain?
nah, just happened to be using flash light that goes blinky on the way to off 
Coolcool. Yay moving. Does that mean 99.5% extraction efficiency or .5% total cannabinoids left behind in spent biomass?
Correct… was closer to 1% left till he ran a virgin wash after initial extraction.
wash, then “rinse”…
Haha waaaait a minute. I think I need to rephrase my question. If starting material was a hypothetical 10% total cannabinoids going into the process and is left with ~0.5% after the spray + virgin rinse…Then we’re realistically looking at a ~95% extraction efficiency with the coned basket? Just trying to get the numbers together for the cost benefit analysis on the retrofit for my business partner.
You got it
