An immersion extractor may have a housing that maintains a solvent pool in which solids material being processed is immersed during operation. One or more bed decks can be positioned inside of the housing to provide multiple extraction stages. In some examples, a final bed deck extends from below a solvent level maintained in the housing to above the solvent level such that solids material is conveyed out of the solvent pool and toward a feed outlet at the end of extraction. The bed deck may include a drainage section positioned between the top of the solvent level in the extractor and the feed outlet, allowing solvent to drain out of the solids material before being discharged through the feed outlet, thereby increasing the efficiency of the extraction process.

The present method applies Pulsed electric fields adding additional control variables for the extraction of target organic compounds from plant material. A current method of extraction of target Cannabaceae plants during processing provides methods to accelerate drying and extraction of these oil rich plants where the pre-removal of water is beneficial aiding in decreased process times. The methods include applying electric fields to the plant material to accelerate the dehydration, and the extraction of target organic compounds.

The present method applies Pulsed electric fields adding additional control variables for the extraction of target organic compounds from plant material. A current method of extraction of target Cannabaceae plants during processing provides methods to accelerate drying and extraction of these oil rich plants where the pre-removal of water is beneficial aiding in decreased process times. The methods include applying electric fields to the plant material to accelerate the dehydration, and the extraction of target organic compounds.

Process for the purification of a residue containing solids and mother liquor and having a chloride ion content greater than 5000 ppm by weight relative to the weight of the residue which comprises (a) piston washing said residue with a washing fluid and (b) recovering a purified residue.

Process for the purification of a residue containing solids and mother liquor and having a chloride ion content greater than 5000 ppm by weight relative to the weight of the residue which comprises (a) piston washing said residue with a washing fluid and (b) recovering a purified residue.

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.

Various aspects of this disclosure relate to methods to lower the activation energy of the cannabinoid decarboxylation reaction by performing the decarboxylation reaction in the gas phase. In some specific embodiments, the method relates to the decarboxylation of a cannabinoid performed in a short-path distillation apparatus or a thin-film distillation apparatus.

A liquid extractor may include an extraction chamber containing a bed deck configured to support a solid material as the solid material is conveyed through the extraction chamber. To introduce solvent into the solid material being processed, the extractor may include a solvent injection orifice extending through the bed deck and a solvent injector. The solvent injector can receive solvent from a source and cause the solvent to rotate within the solvent injector before discharging the solvent through an outlet in fluid communication with the solvent injection orifice. The rotational flow motion imparted by the injector can create a vortex that functions to scout out any particles that may be present in the injector.

Various aspects of this disclosure relate to methods to lower the activation energy of the cannabinoid decarboxylation reaction by performing the decarboxylation reaction in the gas phase. In some specific embodiments, the method relates to the decarboxylation of a cannabinoid performed in a short-path distillation apparatus or a thin-film distillation apparatus.

Various aspects of this disclosure relate to methods to lower the activation energy of the cannabinoid decarboxylation reaction by performing the decarboxylation reaction in the gas phase. In some specific embodiments, the method relates to the decarboxylation of a cannabinoid performed in a short-path distillation apparatus or a thin-film distillation apparatus.