Patent ID: 8101784

Claim:
A process for purifying a substance mixture raw product by separating a volatile component from the substance mixture raw product under conditions of flash or molecular distillation, the processing comprising: heating the substance mixture such that the volatile component at least partially evaporates; bringing the evaporated volatile component to be separated into contact in a condensation region with a washing liquid different from the evaporated volatile component; condensing the evaporated volatile component on the washing liquid, under temperature and vacuum conditions that suppress evaporation of the washing liquid; dissolving the volatile component in the washing liquid such that a concentration of the volatile component in the raw product is reduced; and at least one of: the raw product includes vegetable or animal oils and the volatile component includes one or more of fatty acids, terpenes, steroids, alkaloids, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, color and aroma substances, vitamins, co-enzymes, tetra pyrroles, polyphenols, or fatty acid esters; or the raw product includes at least one of di-, tri- and polymers, di-, tri-, and polyesters, or other polymers or pre-polymers and the volatile component includes at least one of monomers, monoesters, or mono- or dimeric coupling components.