A method comprising the stages of: olive input, separation of the stone from the olive skin and pulp, with the removal of the whole stone; electric pulsing of the olive paste generated in the previous stage, process of dehydration of the pulsed olive paste up to a humidity of less than 30% in a continuous vacuum drying machine and subsequent separation of the oil by centrifugation of the olive oil, followed by dehydration of the degreased pulp up to a humidity of less than 10%; and lastly, application of supercritical fluids (CO2 with or without modifier) to the degreased and dehydrated pulp, under agitation, pressure, temperature and time conditions, obtaining olive extracts and olive flour. The generation of waste, consumption of water, use of highly toxic solvents and loss of the sensory quality of the oil is avoided, the yields improved and the necessary times reduced.

An extractor to extract oil from a biological plant or portion thereof. A rigid container is provided, which has apertures at an upper extremity and a lower extremity. A collapsible bag is placed within the rigid container, the bag having an aperture at an upper extremity for accepting a biological plant and a solvent, and a second aperture at a lower extremity. A vacuum pump is operatively connected to the lower extremity of the collapsible bag within the rigid container. When a vacuum is applied to the bag within the rigid container, the bag collapses, squeezing the contents therein, so oil is extracted from the plant and the solvent is removed. The bag can be removable or the entire rigid container unit and its contents can be lifted out of the apparatus. The low-weight, squeeze dried residue in the collapsed bag facilitates material transfers and later disposal. This design also allows the rigid container to be less sturdy, as it does not take the force of the vacuum, reducing cost in construction of the rigid container assembly or assemblies.

Methods and systems for extracting additional beneficial lipid-soluble heavy compounds from plant material in an environmentally sustainable manner. A method includes preparing a solution that includes a solvent comprising an essential oil and further includes a solute comprising a plant material. The method includes extracting one or more compounds from the plant material using the essential oil as part of the solvent.

The present invention contemplates the creation of a low fluoride crustacean oil processed from a phospholipid-protein complex (PPC) formed immediately upon a crustacean (i.e., for example, krill) catch. Further, the crustacean oil may also have reduced trimethyl amine and/or trimethyl amino oxide content. The process comprises disintegrating the crustaceans into smaller particles, adding water, heating the result, adding enzyme(s) to hydrolyze the disintegrated material, deactivating the enzyme(s), removing solids from the enzymatically processed material to reduce fluoride content of the material, separating and drying the PPC material. Then, using extraction with supercritical CO.sub.2 or supercritical dimethyl ether, and/or ethanol as solvents, krill oil, inter alia, is separated from the PPC. In the extraction the krill oil can be separated almost wholly from the feed material.

The present invention is directed to supercritical fluid extraction systems that provide methods of extraction that further reduce total extraction time and improve yield efficiency as compared with existing methods. Such systems and methods utilize substantially increased pressures and flow rates that afford high intensity targeting of extractable material using supercritical carbon dioxide. Surprisingly, the present invention has identified and demonstrated dramatic improvements in the rate and efficiency of dissolution of the target compounds by increasing the pressure of supercritical fluid extraction systems to several times industry standards (e.g., 1000 bar versus 150-300 bar).

The invention relates to a continuous process for fractionating a suspension chosen from a microalgal biomass or milk.

The present disclosure relates, according to disclosed embodiments, to a system for extracting an organic compound from a natural source, the system comprising a computer processor operational to control the system; a storage vessel configured to store an extraction gas, the storage vessel comprising a storage vessel outlet in electrical communication with the computer processor; a valve in electrical communication with the computer processor, the valve comprising a valve inlet and a valve outlet, wherein the valve inlet connects to the storage vessel outlet; a dynamic extraction vessel; and a spray evaporation loop system configured to receive a solute from the dynamic extraction vessel, the spray evaporation loop system comprising an injection nozzle in electrical communication with the computer processor, the injection nozzle comprising an injection nozzle inlet connected to the first dynamic extraction vessel outlet; and a cyclonic separator in electrical communication with the computer processor.

A high-efficiency supercritical oil extraction method is provided. According to the method, in an early extraction stage, extraction is performed using an extractant along an extraction kettle from top to bottom; in a middle extraction stage, the extraction kettle is longitudinally flipped by 180 degrees, extraction is still performed using an extractant along the extraction kettle from top to bottom; in a later extraction stage, extraction is performed using a conventional extractant along the extraction kettle from bottom to top. Thus, the pressure effect and the critical extraction effect of the critical extractant are simultaneously exerted, thereby greatly improving the extraction efficiency of supercritical oil extraction, shortening the extraction time, and reducing the dosage of extractant, so as to achieve high-efficiency and low-cost oil extraction.

A method of applying energy to CBD oil is provided. The method may include obtaining CBD oil from a plant, combining the CBD oil with a carrier oil, heating the combination of the CBD oil and carrier oil, mixing the CBD oil and carrier oil, filtering the CBD oil and carrier oil to a size of less than 60 nanometers, and applying an energy field to the CBD oil and carrier oil through a laser effector such that an electron is promoted from a bonding or non-bonding orbital into an empty anti-bonding orbitals of the CBD molecule. The laser effector may be a pink sapphire cut into a 15 equal side faceted crystal, double-stacked in a 2.3 cm cylindrical chamber, or an opulence half dome bubble lens configured to refract the beam.

A method and system of and for extraction or removal of phytochemicals from plants, including those of the plant family Cannabaceae. More specifically, a method and system for extracting essential oils from plants, such as cannabis, without the use of a solvent.