Is it possible to Decarboxylate in Delta’s FFE45?

how long, and what temp do you currently decarb?

how to you propose matching those conditions in the FFE?

do you really think you want finished crude in those tiny tubes?

you don’t actually have to remove all the solvent to decarb despite @Kingofthekush420’s protestations to the contrary…but it does take a while even when evaporating at atmospheric pressure. see: Decarbing during solvent removal. @eyeworm has repeatedly stated that solvents like ethanol actually potentiate the reaction (Ethanol crystals - #48 by eyeworm).

no, it’s not the pressure that matters, it’s the temp, but if you’re evaporating ethanol, the pressure defines the evaporation temp. your delta FFE runs at vacuum, and while vacuum is great for decarbing (allows devol at the same time), it lowers your evaporation temp…so in this case its working against you. unless you’ve removed all your solvent first.

assuming full solvent removal first: the secondary evaporator in the delta FFE doesn’t look like it’s meant to hold much in the way of crude, so using that as a batch style decarb reactor doesn’t make a lot of sense, which leaves you recirculating crude in the machine for ??? with the heat turned up. might work. might make a huge mess. especially if you’ve got sugars in your crude.

adding a catalyst to the tincture before hitting go on the other hand…

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