Essential Oil Distillation

Hari SoesantoBogor Agricultural University

Lavender Field

Essential Oil Separator

Steam distillation of lavender. King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK

1 pint(=0.75 ml) essential oils are obtained from ¼ ton (=225 kg) of dried lavenders by steam distillation

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Gulsen Rose Oil Factory, Senir Kasabasi, Isparta, Turkey

This is steam distillation system of Gulsen Rose Oil Factory.

Pale yellow portion is rose essential oil obtained by steam distillation.

Loading of an extractor vat -

Cal Pfizer factory - Grasse – 1995

Unloading of an extractor vat after straining the raw material Cal Pfizer factory - Grasse - 1995

Solvent extraction

Filtering the concrete- Cal Pfizer factory - Grasse - 1995

Pure essence or absolute - Cal Pfizer factory - Grasse - 1995

Maceration extraction method

Enfleurage

http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/physique/docly/divers/parfum/enfleurage.html

http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/physique/docly/divers/parfum/enfleurage.html

Gravure (fin XIXéme). Les châssis préparés sont entassés derrière les ouvrières.http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/physique/docly/divers/parfum/enfleurage.html

http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/physique/docly/divers/parfum/enfleurage.html

Capturing perfume with headspace -

photo by R. Kaiser

http://www.museesdegrasse.com/MIP/fla_ang/techno_22.shtml