Build a cold trap!

[JColtrane]

my next project is a cold trap ... ive been dreaming terps ever since the Dr. Justin Fischedick lecture.

Check this article:

http://www.medicaljane.com/2013/10/30/terpene-isolation-could-be-the-future-of-cannabis/

 

[FatherEarth]

nice!
Thanks, Im definitely going to make one of these, ....that is if AI doesnt have a reasonable sticker price...

 

[northstate]

I will be paying attention as well.

 

[SkyHighLer]

Going beyond a simple cold trap with a a rotary evaporator combined with a peristaltic pump,

http://www.cookingissues.com/primers/rotovap/

"Peristaltic Pump: Traditional rotovaps catch the distillate in a receiving flask. As we said before, this is a flavor killer. We decided to remove the flask entirely and replace it with a peristaltic pump that pumps out the distillate as it is formed. The unadulterated distillate then flows through a tube into a receiving flask/bottle, external to the pressurized system. Originally, we installed the peristaltic pump to a non-cooled adapter. We have since built a chilled aluminum adapter and the flavor is even better."

 

[high life 45]

Nice count me in..

 

[nakadashi]

Going beyond a simple cold trap with a a rotary evaporator combined with a peristaltic pump,

http://www.cookingissues.com/primers/rotovap/

"Peristaltic Pump: Traditional rotovaps catch the distillate in a receiving flask. As we said before, this is a flavor killer. We decided to remove the flask entirely and replace it with a peristaltic pump that pumps out the distillate as it is formed. The unadulterated distillate then flows through a tube into a receiving flask/bottle, external to the pressurized system. Originally, we installed the peristaltic pump to a non-cooled adapter. We have since built a chilled aluminum adapter and the flavor is even better."

Will peristaltic pump be able to handle THC though? Especially if the feed adapter is actively chilled I can see that causing problems for our application. These guys seem to be using it it with low BP distillates.

I love the equipment these guys use lol, that ghettovap is pretty LEGIT.

 

[SkyHighLer]

Will peristaltic pump be able to handle THC though? Especially if the feed adapter is actively chilled I can see that causing problems for our application. These guys seem to be using it it with low BP distillates.

I love the equipment these guys use lol, that ghettovap is pretty LEGIT.

The way I was imagining it you'd boil off your ethanol from winterization in the modified rotovap, pulling off nearly all the ethanol with the light essences. A little ethanol remains with the oil to facilitate pouring. If you used an unmodified rotovap the light essences would have been drawn out to atmosphere through the vacuum pump. The flask with the ethanol and light essences can then be rotovap'd at various temperatures and degrees of vacuum to best isolate the desired essences for recombination. Or, how to turn a trim run into something similar to a nugg run.