hi very one. i would like to seprate fats and lipids from my crude co2 with a centrifuge. the question: is it necesary to warm up the crude or can be don at room temperature? if its mandatory warm up wich is the best temperature?
thanks in advanced
Needs to be dissolved and crashed out. Cannot be done neat.
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CO2 pulls so much fats and lipids that once dissolved, some will filter out at room temp, but to get the majority out you’ll have to dissolve in a solvent and cool to -20*F or more and then filter with a descent sized buchner like a draindroyd or similar
you mean witerize the crude??
Yes, winterize and filter in three stages down to 1um pore size.
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Are you saying you want to put pure hot crude in a centrifuge and then spin it and hope the fats collect in a layer?
Actually, I think this works to a certain extent, but it won’t be complete and distillate ready.
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Yes…and you can absolutely use a centrifuge rather than a Buchner.
In order to skip the “dissolve in solvent” you likely need 10-100 times the rcf required for simple filtration (or sedimentation) of insolubles
See maybe: 3L Centrifuge for first pass filtration after winterization?
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@Papa_gallo couldn’t hurt to try both. Room temp crude will work fine in the fuge as it will naturally heat up during the separation process. Do a fuge then winterization for 1 batch, and do a winterization then fuge for batch 2.
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