Liquid Nitrogen for dewax

Blander66 said:

Hello all, I have searched and picked up that some people use liquid nitrogen for dewax. I just upgraded to a 6”x48” fully jacket dewax column and I am looking for a better way to chill it then dry ice bath and a circulation pump.

To thoese that are doing this what is your setup like? I already have a thermocouple in my dewax so I can monitor internal temps so I can keep it from getting to cold.

Thanks in advance for the replies

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Gray Wolf said:

WolfWurx used liquid N2 and a counterflow heat exchanger to chill the LPG before extracting, to minimize wax pickup, so that a subsequent winterizing wasn't required.

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Blander66 said:

Thank you for the reply was hoping you would respond. Would this work as well with a butane only mix? That’s what I am currently running, a mixed solvent is in my future plans but I’m not there yet.

I would think for live resin runs where I use my dewax column as a material column it would still be a good idea to chill it with liquid nitrogen.

I was just very surprised how cheap liquid nitrogen is compared to dry ice especially being I have a 1.5 hour round trip for dry ice

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