A continuous distillation process comprises the following steps: putting a material into a multilayer distillation tower to enable the material to sequentially undergo preheating, extrusion pricking, steam distillation, meal roasting, drying and cooling treatment, condensing essential oil-containing steam, and carrying out water separation, so as to obtain an essential oil.

An apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor having a packing. The liquid is introduced at a center of the rotor and driven outward through the packing by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, and the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor. The packing inside the rotor is divided into individual packing segments that together form a circular disk. Each circular ring segment is formed by at least one structured packing formed of a plurality of superimposed woven, knitted, mesh or lattice structured surfaces composed of metal, in particular sheet-metal strips, or plastic or glass fibers, to which the axis of rotation of the rotor runs perpendicular.

An apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor having a packing. The liquid is introduced at a center of the rotor and driven outward through the packing by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, and the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor. The packing inside the rotor is divided into individual packing segments that together form a circular disk. Each circular ring segment is formed by at least one structured packing formed of a plurality of superimposed woven, knitted, mesh or lattice structured surfaces composed of metal, in particular sheet-metal strips, or plastic or glass fibers, to which the axis of rotation of the rotor runs perpendicular.

In an apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor, the liquid is supplied to a center of the rotor and is driven outward by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor, and the rotor has a plurality of passages lying in the plane of the rotor that begin at a center of the rotor and terminate at an outer circumference of the rotor. The passages are each filled with a packing that increases the area of contact between the liquid and the gas.

In an apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor, the liquid is supplied to a center of the rotor and is driven outward by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor, and the rotor has a plurality of passages lying in the plane of the rotor that begin at a center of the rotor and terminate at an outer circumference of the rotor. The passages are each filled with a packing that increases the area of contact between the liquid and the gas.

A device and method for scrubbing an absorbate from a gas is described. The rotational absorber device comprises a housing having a gas inlet, a gas outlet, an absorbent liquid inlet and an absorbent liquid outlet; a rotor mounted for rotation in said housing and connecting to the inlets and outlets, the rotor comprising a plurality of scrubbing channels extending axially and parallel to a common rotation axis; and means for rotating the rotor. The device and method provide a scrubbing of the gas with improved selectivity and efficiency.

Certain embodiments described herein are directed to separation systems and methods effective to separate two or more solvents in a solvent mixture. In certain examples, a system effective to separate two or more azeotrope forming solvents is provided. In some embodiments, the system can be effective to remove at least about 95% of one of the solvents from the solvent mixture.

A scrubber tray for a wet scrubber tower of a flue gas purification device includes a multiplicity of spindles, arranged across an inner horizontal cross section of the wet scrubber tower. Adjacent spindles are arranged at a horizontal distance to each other. At least some of the spindles are pivot-mounted to allow a rotative movement around a corresponding spindle axis and to arrange the respective spindle at a predetermined rotation angle. At least some of the spindles are equipped each with at least one protrusion, which extends outwardly from the respective spindle. The spindles and protrusions are shaped and arranged to provide flow-through openings between adjacent spindles and protrusions respectively. Each flow-through opening defines a corresponding flow-through area, and they add up to 10%-80% of the inner horizontal cross section of the associated scrubber tower, independently of the respective rotation angles of the spindles.

A scrubber tray for a wet scrubber tower of a flue gas purification device includes a multiplicity of spindles, arranged across an inner horizontal cross section of the wet scrubber tower. Adjacent spindles are arranged at a horizontal distance to each other. At least some of the spindles are pivot-mounted to allow a rotative movement around a corresponding spindle axis and to arrange the respective spindle at a predetermined rotation angle. At least some of the spindles are equipped each with at least one protrusion, which extends outwardly from the respective spindle. The spindles and protrusions are shaped and arranged to provide flow-through openings between adjacent spindles and protrusions respectively. Each flow-through opening defines a corresponding flow-through area, and they add up to 10%-80% of the inner horizontal cross section of the associated scrubber tower, independently of the respective rotation angles of the spindles.

The present invention relates to a distillation apparatus and, more particularly, to a distillation apparatus for recovering a high purity product through fractionation of volatile components from a material to be distilled, by using thermal energy and centrifugal force. The distillation apparatus can recover a high purity product from the material to be distilled without significant damage by reducing a pressure drop according to driving of the apparatus and thereby minimizing the temperature difference in the apparatus.