How do I distill my own essential oils?

How To Make Essential Oils

  1. Harvest the raw plant material.
  2. Dry the plant material (optional)
  3. Add water to the still.
  4. Add your plant material to the still.
  5. Heat the still.
  6. Filter the collected oil.
  7. Pour the oil into a container for storage.
  8. Clean the still.

Which apparatus is used in hydrodistillation?

the Clevenger apparatus
The equipment used for hydrodistillation is the Clevenger apparatus (Abdellatif and Hassani, 2015), which has a long tube, at the end of which the vapor is condensed and recovered. The volatile oil is removed from the top of the hydrosol.

What is the use of Clevenger apparatus?

The Clevenger’s apparatus is specifically used for the extraction of volatile oils. Rather it is one of the best methods to isolate volatile oils from the plant parts. All volatile compounds irrespective of their chemical class should volatilize and finally condense out in the receiver.

What is the use of Soxhlet apparatus?

A soxhlet extractor is a laboratory apparatus for the extraction of lipids and other molecules from a solid sample. A soxhlet extraction apparatus is composed of a condenser, a soxhlet extractor, and round bottomed flask.

What temperature do you distill essential oils?

between 140 to 212 degrees F.
The supercritical extraction process operates at temperatures between 95 to 100 degrees F whereas steam distillation operates at temperatures between 140 to 212 degrees F. In steam distillation, the molecular composition of both the plant matter and the essential oil are changed due to the temperature applied.

What is distillation apparatus?

The distillation apparatus, commonly called a ‘still’, consists of a vessel for plant material and water, a condenser to cool and condense the vapour produced and a method of collection, or ‘receiver’. Material from the appropriate part of the plant for extraction is immersed in water in the distillation vessel.

How do you separate essential oils from water?

Steam distillation is a practical method that does not require the use of a vacuum to recover the essential oils. Salting out is an old process used to separate a lighter essential oil from water, when the separation is difficult. Steam distillation was developed from water distillation.

How do I distill lavender oil at home?

Basic Essential Oil Distillation Steps Place plant material in still. Boil water under plant matter. When steam rises through plant matter, collect the oil vapor and steam as they travel into condenser tube. Cool/condense vapors in tube back into liquid.

What is Clevenger type apparatus?

The Clevenger apparatus has three main parts- a round bottom flask in which the organic material is placed, a separator for automatically separating the distilled solution and a condenser. The apparatus is available in varied sizes to facilitate organic material.