Lavender Essential Oil Distillation Part 1

[thekorge]

The setup looks awesome! Would you be able to explain how your oil separator works? Thanks!

[Merzpics]

Part 2 - covers the oil separator in action Thanks for watching

Just put in Lavender Essential Oil Distillation Part 2

[SheChoosesReason]

This is fascinating, thank you!

[EJStoner18]

I don't know what your cooling coil looks like, but if you recirculate the water and keep it cool your collection will be more efficient. Even air can be pumped through the coils, but it doesn't exchange heat as efficiently as water.

[Merzpics]

Part 2 - Lavender Essential Oil Distillation - video goes more into depth as to how I capture, cool and then recirculate all of the water. That's the beauty of this setup as its almost totally self contained. Thanks for watching

[EJStoner18]

As a chemist, I can tell you that this process is called a Steam Distillation and you have a really nice set up here. If you look for a piece of glassware called a Dean-Stark trap (very similar to what you already have) or a separatory funnel, you might find the separation easier. You can allow the oil/water mixture to stand a bit longer and separate better per your needs. Neat.

[Merzpics]

Thanks for sharing your interest in the process

[trobyto]

sorry but wouldnt the quality of the oil go down if u show it to the sun?

[SumptuousSuds]

Wow, this video is a gem! Thank you for sharing. I have a small soap-making business and my five year plan includes raising my own milk goats for goat milk soap and making my own essential oils. Congrats on your great-looking product and thanks for sharing your success with us hope-to-be up and comers.

[AnimatorStorm]

Hi,

I would please if you could write me, how much it would cost to buy, approximately?

Thanks,

Don

[AnimatorStorm]

Hi,

I got a question to you, where did you get this machine.

Did you buy it or made by your self.

Many thanks,

Donatas

[Merzpics]

I bought some of the components and built the rest. If you are interested in buying one let me know.

Thanks for watching

[Asiri010]

Thanks man .... you really helped me ... I'm from Saudi Arabia and I'm working in my chemical engineering project which is similar to this

Thanks again

[Merzpics]

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[itsumonihon]

great video, thank you for uploading this!

[Merzpics]

I appreciate your comments and hope all is well in Japan

[omissdominique9]

Thank you for sharing! wonderful and very informative

[grrrhahaohyeah]

Hi, this is a great video thanks for sharing it. Is your boiler built from a large pressure cooker?

[joakimis]

Beautiful farm and truly a video worth watching. Inspiring to see you live close to nature and using what it has to offer in a organic way.

[loui0008]

Fascinating, thanks for making the vids!

[JimmyV2009]

Nice setup :) Always wanted to see how steam distillation was done

[Merzpics]

Thanks. I also have water storage capacity (125 gallons in the big white tank) mounted on the front portion of the trailer to fill the cooling chamber. It is collected after cooling and then reused in small batches allowing me to stay out in the fields all day. My little computer/ controller unit and the pumping system are operated by a 12 volt battery. It was fun to build. Merzpic

[xenathegoat]

I like your setup on a trailer- very convenient to be able to move the still wherever you need it.