Multi-port Extraction Vessel with Rotating Basket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing extraction systems suffer from 'channeling' and uneven solvent distribution, leading to 'dead zones' where solvent does not contact sample material, resulting in suboptimal extraction efficacy and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A multi-port extraction vessel with a rotatable permeable extraction basket, featuring multiple ingress and egress ports to ensure uniform solvent distribution and a rotation mechanism to agitate the sample material, minimizing dead zones and enhancing extraction efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single-port extraction vessel is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the solvent distribution becomes uneven creating dead zones
Solution Approach 1:
The extraction vessel is divided into multiple ports (ingress and egress ports distributed throughout the vessel) instead of using a single port configuration. This segmentation allows solvent to enter and exit at multiple locations, creating multiple flow paths that distribute solvent more uniformly throughout the sample material and eliminate dead zones.
2Device complexity
If the extraction basket is stationary, then the device complexity is reduced, but the extraction efficacy decreases due to channeling
Solution Approach 1:
The extraction basket is designed to rotate during the extraction process rather than remaining stationary. This dynamic motion prevents channeling by continuously redistributing the sample material and solvent, ensuring that solvent flows through all regions of the sample and maximizing extraction efficacy.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple ports are added to the extraction vessel, then the solvent distribution uniformity is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The multiple ports in the extraction vessel serve multiple functions: they distribute solvent uniformly throughout the vessel, create multiple flow paths to prevent channeling, and enable the extraction basket to rotate freely while maintaining solvent flow. This multi-functionality justifies the increased structural complexity.
4Productivity
If the extraction basket rotates, then the extraction efficiency is improved by minimizing dead zones, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The extraction basket rotation is driven by the solvent flow itself rather than requiring an external motor or complex drive mechanism. The pressure differential created by the multi-port configuration causes the solvent to flow through the basket, and this flow naturally drives the basket to rotate, eliminating the need for additional mechanical components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution achieves a higher yield of extracted components, reduces suction pressure, and allows for more efficient extraction of sample materials prone to compacting, ensuring consistent extraction results.
Implementation Method 1
The extraction basket may be disposed within the extraction vessel and permeable to allow the liquid solvent to flow through the extraction basket to extract one or more components from a sample material held within the extraction basket
Implementation Method 2
liquid solvent, such as liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a less aggressive means of extraction that provides benefits, such as the selective extraction of particular components
Implementation Method 3
A rotation mechanism, such as a motor, may rotate the extraction basket within the extraction vessel during the extraction process
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AI summary
A system for extracting components from sample material includes a multi-port extraction vessel and an extraction basket that is configured to hold the sample material and to be rotated within the multi-port extraction vessel. The extraction vessel may include multiple ingress ports and multiple egress ports to allow a liquid solvent to flow through the extraction vessel during an extraction process. The extraction basket is permeable to allow liquid solvent to flow through the extraction basket and distribute throughout the sample material held within the extraction basket. A rotation mechanism, such as a motor, may rotate the extraction basket within the extraction vessel during the extraction process. The multi-port extraction vessel, in combination with the rotatable extraction basket, promotes even distribution of the liquid solvent throughout the sample material.