Patent ID: 11938415
Assignee: JAXON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A botanical evaporation process for recovering a botanical compound from a feedstock, comprising:
(i) feeding the feedstock into a heated mixing device, wherein the feedstock comprises solid media of dried, size-reduced plant material that includes the botanical compound for recovery and is devoid of organic solvent;
(ii) simultaneously mixing and heating the feedstock within the heated mixing device under a vacuum;
(iii) forming a vaporized botanical compound within the heated mixing device;
(iv) passing the vaporized botanical compound from the heated mixing device into a condenser; and
(v) condensing the vaporized botanical compound in the condenser to form a recovered botanical compound wherein the process is devoid of a motive gas stream contacting the feedstock during processing.