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The column still is used to distill solid products through steam drag, such as grape distillation, botanicals/aromatics or essential oils distillation.
Container in which the product is placed for the distillation process through steam drag.
Here you place the liquid to carry out the distillation process through evaporation.
Os vapores que ascende tubo até à serpentina, de onde é efetuada a conversão de vapor em líquido. O líquido destilado saí através do tubo da serpentina para um recipiente.
A column still, also known as a fractionating column or distillation column, is a type of equipment used for fractional distillation, a process that separates complex mixtures into their individual components or groups of components based on differences in volatility.
The column still works by heating a liquid mixture, which generates vapors. These vapors ascend through the distillation column, which is equipped with plates or trays at different levels, or a packing, which provides surfaces for the condensate to reflux.
As the vapors rise, they come into contact with cold surfaces within the column and partially condense. This downward liquid reflux meets rising vapors, and an exchange of heat and mass occurs. The more volatile components tend to rise, while the less volatile components condense and return to the bottom of the column. Through this continuous process, the mixture is progressively separated into its components based on their boiling points.
- High Purity of Distillates: Capable of producing distillates with a high alcohol content in a single operation.
- Efficiency: Better separation of components due to the greater number of theoretical equilibrium stages.
- Energy Saving: Reuse of heat through the reflux process.
- Quality Control: Allows precise adjustment of the distillate composition by controlling the removal of fractions along the column.
The column still is commonly used in the alcoholic beverage industry to produce high-proof distillates such as vodka and rum. However, its applicability extends to many other industries, such as petrochemicals for oil refining, pharmaceuticals and flavors and fragrances, including the production of essential oils and food flavors.
Column distillation is considered more complex and controllable than simple distillation, making it ideal for large-scale industrial operations and the production of distillates that require high purity and effective separation.
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