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Extraction Technologies For Medicinal And Aromatic Plants - Unido

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EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS<br />

• The solute in the spiral column is subjected to the repetitive<br />

partition process of mixing and settling at an enormously<br />

high rate of over 13 times per second (at 800 rpm).<br />

• HSCC is highly effi cient.<br />

Figure 6: (A) Motion and distribution of two phases in the rotating coil under stroboscopic<br />

illumination. (B) Column in stretched position to visualize the motion of the mixing zones<br />

along the tubing.<br />

There are numerous potential variants of this instrument design.<br />

The most signifi cant of these is represented by the third instrument in<br />

the Pharma-tech product line: TCC-1000-toroidal CCC (Figure 7). In some respects<br />

it is like CPC, but retains the advantage of not needing rotary seals.<br />

In addition, it employs a capillary tube, instead of the larger-diameter tubes<br />

employed in the helices of the other CCC models. This capillary passage<br />

makes the mixing of two phases very thorough, despite lack of any shaking<br />

or other mixing forces.<br />

Figure 7: The TCC-1000-toroidal CCC<br />

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