def stands out.
why isnt anyone else using similar style manway hatches?!
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Because its expensive to custom build a jacketed column that has a asme rated lid that hinges, plus they are heavy and require a rack or stand. Lunas are all two jackets and the outer jacket is filled with insulating foam. all manufactured in the united states.
Compare that to all the people selling cheap 6" jacketed spools that china produces for a fraction of the cost and no one wants to drop the cash for ease of use.
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Looks like Verdara sells them independently, Extraction Vessels - Verdara Technologies | Engineered and Manufactured Solutions for Processing Industry
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Thank you for this information, I really appreciate it! My company is tight on funds so Iām not sure how soon theyāll be able to get me this setup unfortunately. Luna did say that they should have some new equipment available soon to help processors distill their gas before it enters their system.
Iām trying to work out a way to distill the gas in the meantime. For now Iāve run a number of clean runs with just solvent then wiped down the internals of the system, but itās pretty time consuming and not very efficient.
Thanks a ton for the photos, that definitely helps me better understand the concept better. The company I work for is a bit tight on funds right now so Iām trying to find a low-cost way to get this set up here.
I have an AI jacketed 100L stainless steel reactor which is sitting here collecting dust, I wonder if that could be retrofitted as a temporary solution. Iād have to remove the electronics associated with it though, and check with AI to see what the pressure rating is/compatibility with butane/propane.
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Iād recommend you use a rated solvent tank.
if youāve got a vapor port on your incoming solvent tanks, you can feed vapor into your system that way. without heat youād need to run longer. as the luna can decide for itself when itās had enough, just opening your feed tank and telling the machine to fill itself then leaving for the day IS an option.
Got it, the AI reactor Iāve got doesnāt appear to be rated for butane/propane so thatās a no-go for me. The solvent tanks Iāve got from our gas supplier (Kaplan gas) have a CGA 510 valve on them.
A liquid valve turns into a vapor valve if you turn the tank upside down.
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I thought that was just for getting liquid out of a vapor portā¦
Which is why hvac recovery tanks are often built to stand on their heads.
Might be easier to simply ask your supplier for non-odorized solvent in a vapor withdrawal config
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fill from initial solvent tank into jacketed solvent tank which collects all the gross stuff, that one is then heated and passively distills into the holding tank. at the end of the day we fill the luna.
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Thanks, that seems to be the consensus, as well as a pretty simple configuration to put into place. Now I just need to convince my bosses that I need that equipment, they have been nickle and diming me recently.
My latest brain fart, someone should make simple short adapters.
ASME Lid to Triclamp 8" adapter.
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We might have two 6" x 48" jacketed TC spools you could use. But is that too big?!
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Given the automation discussion, Iām really tempted to lie and say āno, those would be perfectā¦ā.
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