Home-Made Vacuum Distillation Device Unveiled in Iran
“This product is made for qualitative measurement of heavy oil products like crude oil, fuel oil, base oil and some industrial oils,” said Moslem Mashayekhi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
“This knowledge-based product is used to determine the boiling range of products, according to the ESTM D1160 standard and is equivalent to the Iranian standard 8908. It is completely indigenous and is used in the oil and energy industry,” he added.
Noting that at present the device has been commercialized and several devices have been sold, Mashayekhi said, “There is a good market for this product in the region and the Persian Gulf countries, and we hope to receive support for exporting this device to countries that are active in the oil, gas and energy sectors.”
He explained that vacuum distillation is one of the best laboratory and industrial methods used to separate substances in liquid solutions, saying, “In this method, the desired solution is placed under vacuum, which lowers the temperature of the solution. As a result, the dissolved substances can be separated from each other with less energy.”
“Using the vacuum distillation method is suitable for solutions in which the substances in them have a high evaporation temperature and also a high boiling point in the atmosphere,” Mashayekhi added.
The distillation device (apparatus) consists of a vessel for plant material and water, a condenser to cool and condense the vapour produced and a method of collection, or 'receiver'.
Material from the appropriate part of the plant for extraction is immersed in water in the distillation vessel.
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