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- Title
Application Closed-End Oscillating Heat Pipe for Essential Oil Condensation of the Small Scale Essential Oil Refiner.
- Authors
Sakultala WANNAPAKHE
- Abstract
This research aimed to investigate the design and building of a small scale essential oil refiner by using heat pipes for essential oil condensation. The device structure of the small scale essential oil refiner was divided into 3 sections as follows: 1) the boiler with a heater for heating, 2) the vapor tube, and 3) the condenser unit. Three patterns of condenser unit were investigated: 1) condensation by water circulation, 2) condensation using heat pipes, and 3) condensation using heat pipes with water circulation. The temperature for testing was 80, 90 and 100 °C. A closed-end oscillating heat pipe (CEOHP) was used in this research. The inner diameter of the heat pipe was 2 nun. R123 was used as the working fluid. 500 g of kaffir lime peels were used for each test with a time of 2 hours. It was found that the highest quantity of essential oil was 1.4 cc when using a CEOHP with a water circulation unit at 100 °C.
- Subjects
PETROLEUM refinery design &; construction; CONDENSATION reactions; ESSENTIAL oils industry; OSCILLATING chemical reactions; HEAT pipes
- Publication
Walailak Journal of Science & Technology, 2013, Vol 10, Issue 5/6, p635
- ISSN
1686-3933
- Publication type
Article