METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTILLING AN ALCOHOLIC MIXTURE

Abstract

A distillation system for distilling an alcoholic mixture, the system comprising: a distillation vessel adapted to contain a liquid alcoholic mixture at reduced pressure; one or more evaporators located within the distillation vessel to distill at least a portion of the liquid alcoholic mixture at a temperature of the liquid alcoholic mixture below approximately 65°C, the evaporators being thermodynamically coupled with one or more condenser coils of an external heat pump assembly to extract heat from the condenser coils of the heat pump assembly to provide an alcoholic distillate;one or more condensers located in the distillation vessel to condense at least a portion of the alcoholic distillate with one or more condensers in the vessel at a temperature of approximately 15°C to 25°C to provide a first alcoholic condensate, the condensers being thermodynamically coupled with one or more evaporator coils of the heat pump assembly such that at least a portion of the heat released from the condensers is directed back to one or more evaporator coils of the heat pump assembly.