The present disclosure includes a nozzle and methods for using the nozzle in ways that may increase the efficiency of extraction of essential elements from plant matter. The nozzle may also be used to increase the efficiency of drying solvent saturated plant matter after an extraction has been completed. The nozzle may include an elongated tube with a plurality of holes that allow solvent and/or a gas to be provided or pumped/provided into an apparatus that includes plant matter. Nozzles consistent with the present disclosure may be optimized for extracting cannabis from cannabis plant matter or from other types of plants that include cannabinoids. In certain instances, nozzles may also be used when processing cannabinoid containing concentrates that were extracted from plant matter using any type of extraction technique.

A method for cell disruption and extraction of a plant, includes placing plant material on a porous container, placing the porous container into a reaction device, and producing water ion steam of an atmospheric pressure by a water ion generator. The water ion steam infiltrates the porous container and permeates the plant material. The water ion steam penetrate cells of the plant material and breaks the cell wall of the cells, to cause a cell disruption. The residual water ion steam is drained outward from the exhaust pipe of the box.

A method and system for deodorizing an edible oil or fat. The method includes stripping substances from the oil or fat with a stripping medium at high temperature at a pressure of less than 5 mbar, and reducing volume and increasing pressure of the stripping medium in a multi-step process. In a first step the volume of the stripping medium is reduced by cooling it using a first heat transfer fluid loop at a first temperature, and the pressure is increased to a first intermediate pressure. In a second step the volume is reduced by cooling using a second heat transfer fluid loop at a second temperature, and it he pressure is increased to a second intermediate pressure. In a third step the volume is reduced by cooling using a third heat transfer fluid loop at a third temperature, and the pressure is increased to atmospheric pressure.

An apparatus for extracting essential oils and oleoresins from a plant material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a circulation pump, a discharging pump, an extraction module, a reservoir, a first evaporator, and a first condenser. The discharge pump is fluidly connected to the circulation pump. The extraction module includes at least one extraction vessel. The reservoir is configured to store a solvent containing a C1 to C4 fluorinated hydrocarbon. In a short loop circulation mode the discharge pump pumps a solution comprising the solvent and one or more active components of the plant material dissolved therein from the bottom of the at least one extraction vessel, passing through the circulation pump, and then back to the top of the at least one extraction vessel.

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for phytochemical extraction. One example extraction system includes two solvent columns, a material column, and a dewaxing column. The solvent columns store and provide solvent for stripping target chemicals from plant material in the material column. The solvent mixed with target chemicals passes into the dewaxing column, where the target chemicals are separated from waxes and lipids. Cooling is applied to elements of the system by way of an open-loop CO2 refrigeration method. Solvent is moved from the solvent columns to the material column by creating a pressure differential between the two solvent columns.

Disclosed herein is a method for obtaining compounds and compositions from plant and fungus materials by thermal treatment, affinity capture, filtration, and release through multi-phasic transitions between gas, solid, and liquid states. The compounds of interest are obtained by manipulating the temperature and pressure of the heating chamber. The compounds in gas phase are passed through an affinity medium which captures the compounds of interest in either solid or liquid phase by exposing the compound of interest to the localized micro-affinity environment of the medium. The compounds are separated from the medium using direct competition with solvent or buffers optimized for the specific chemical properties of compounds.

A method for cell disruption and extraction of a plant, includes placing plant material on a porous container, placing the porous container into a reaction device, and producing water ion steam of an atmospheric pressure by a water ion generator. The water ion steam infiltrates the porous container and permeates the plant material. The water ion steam penetrate cells of the plant material and breaks the cell wall of the cells, to cause a cell disruption. The residual water ion steam is drained outward from the exhaust pipe of the box.

A system and method for extracting and separating botanical oils and compounds from botanical material without the use of solvents, having a vaporizing section which is further coupled to a centrifugal electrostatic precipitator for collection and segregation. The vaporizing section receives the botanical material through which a temperature-controlled inert gas is passed to evaporate specific vaporization temperature oils or compounds from the botanical material. The extracted vapor passes to the centrifugal electrostatic precipitator where the oil or compound is reduced back to the liquid state and is collected and segregated. The oils having the lower vapor temperature are collected first and the remaining oils are collected by specific and progressive vaporization temperature control. In some examples, selected vaporized compounds are waste exhausted as vapor by bypassing the centrifugal electrostatic precipitator at specific known vapor temperatures, thereby eliminating potentially toxic or undesirable oils or compounds from being collected.

Disclosed herein is a method for obtaining compounds and compositions from plant and fungus materials by thermal treatment, affinity capture, filtration, and release through multi-phasic transitions between gas, solid, and liquid states. The compounds of interest are obtained by manipulating the temperature and pressure of the heating chamber. The compounds in gas phase are passed through an affinity medium which captures the compounds of interest in either solid or liquid phase by exposing the compound of interest to the localized micro-affinity environment of the medium. The compounds are separated from the medium using direct competition with solvent or buffers optimized for the specific chemical properties of compounds.

Various aspects of this patent document relate to a method to extract an oil from a plant material using an apparatus by first exposing the plant material to a heated gas stream at a temperature sufficient to volatilize the oil from the plant material, and then rapidly cooling the gas stream to liquefy the oil.