Residual solvent recovery apparatuses and methods
An extraction vessel including an elongated vessel defining at least an interior cavity for solid-liquid extraction and a plurality of protrusions that are arranged within the elongated vessel, extend into the interior cavity, and are arranged to thermally regulate a core of a solvent-bearing mass within the interior cavity.
1. An extraction vessel comprising:
an elongated vessel defining at least an interior cavity for solid-liquid extraction; and
a plurality of protrusions that (A) are arranged within the elongated vessel, (B) extend into the interior cavity, and (C) are further arranged to thermally regulate a core of a solvent-bearing mass within the interior cavity.
2. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions comprising a plurality of fins that (A) are arranged within the elongated vessel, (B) extend into the interior cavity, and (C) are arranged to thermally regulate the core of the solvent-bearing mass within the interior cavity.
3. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with each of the plurality of protrusions substantially spanning a length of the elongated vessel.
4. The extraction vessel of claim 1 further comprising a thermal jacket that is thermally coupled to at least the plurality of protrusions.
5. The extraction vessel of claim 4 with the thermal jacket mechanically coupled to an exterior portion of the elongated vessel.
6. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions each comprising one or more heating elements.
7. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions each comprising one or more resistive heating elements.
8. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions each defining a channel for transporting a thermally regulating fluid across a length of the extraction vessel.
9. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions each comprising a ferrous material.
10. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions thermally coupled to the elongated vessel.
11. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions thermally coupled to an exterior of the elongated vessel.
12. The extraction vessel of claim 1 with the plurality of protrusions arranged to thermally regulate the core of a solvent-bearing biomass within the interior cavity.
13. An extraction vessel comprising:
an elongated vessel defining at least an interior cavity for solid-liquid extraction of biomass; and
a plurality of protrusions that (A) are arranged within the elongated vessel, (B) extend into the interior cavity, and (C) are further arranged to thermally regulate a core of a solvent-bearing biomass within the interior cavity.
14. The extraction vessel of claim 13 with at least one of the plurality of protrusions substantially spanning a length of the elongated vessel.
15. The extraction vessel of claim 14 with the at least one of the plurality of protrusions defining a channel for transporting a thermally regulating fluid across the length of the extraction vessel.