اموزش آشنایی و طرز کار با دستگاه کلونجر

Clevenger Apparatus extraction

(taken from the book on selling medicinal plants by myself) Cloninger is a device that uses distillation method to extract essential oils from medicinal plants is used.

Components of the Cloninger device:

Heater: with the ability to adjust the temperature and using it, the solution will reach the boiling temperature.

Round bottom balloon: to be able to fully receive the heat and transfer it to the solution

Condenser: to cool the vapors and make better condensation

Two-way tube: for the return of liquids when taking essential oils

The graduated pipe for the collection of essential oil: it is for the complete collection of essential oil and the estimation of its volume, as well as the possibility of draining the essential oil through the valve at the end of the said pipe. In this device, first evaporation and then condensation are done. Condensation is done by the condenser part of the device, which uses normal water flow to cool it, that is, water flows around the pipe containing steam and cools it. In such a way that the water inlet pipe is from the bottom and the water outlet pipe is from the top so that the entire condenser tank is cooled (according to the blue and red arrows in the figure(.

How to apply essential oil with a clunger tube that will contain essential oil at the end is like a pipette and has a valve to release the material and another tube at the top that must be covered with a napkin while working so that some steam can escape.

for example:

Steps to extract mint essential oil:

First, chop the fresh mint plant and pour it into the balloon along with water. We fill the balloon 50-70% so that the heat exchange does not suffer.

– Add water and a very small amount of white alcohol with the mint plant to help extract menthol

It will do a lot.

attention attention:

Be careful, if the alcohol is concentrated and the temperature is high, it will ignite, so the ratio of water to alcohol should be higher. First, connect the power plug of the device to the outlet and then open the cold water tap

made to flow around the condenser. When the liquid and mint start to boil, the vapors move to the condenser, where it cools down and the liquid and essence pour into the pipette tube. When the water in this tube increases, it is poured into the balloon through the return tube, but because the phase of essential oil and water is different, the essential oil inside the pipe remains like a pipette. A special container is poured.