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Essential Oil Technology

The document discusses different methods for extracting essential oils from plants, including steam distillation, solvent extraction, maceration extraction, and enfleurage. Steam distillation involves using steam to separate essential oils from plant material, such as extracting lavender oil. Solvent extraction uses solvents to dissolve oils from a plant. Maceration extraction soaks plant materials in oil. Enfleurage uses fat to capture the perfume of flowers.

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Essential Oil Technology

The document discusses different methods for extracting essential oils from plants, including steam distillation, solvent extraction, maceration extraction, and enfleurage. Steam distillation involves using steam to separate essential oils from plant material, such as extracting lavender oil. Solvent extraction uses solvents to dissolve oils from a plant. Maceration extraction soaks plant materials in oil. Enfleurage uses fat to capture the perfume of flowers.

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Essential Oil Distillation

Hari Soesanto
Bogor 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.
Solvent extraction

Loading of an extractor vat - Unloading of an extractor vat after


Cal Pfizer factory - Grasse – 1995 straining the raw material
Cal Pfizer factory - Grasse - 1995
Filtering the concrete Pure essence or absolute -
- Cal Pfizer factory - Cal Pfizer factory - Grasse -
Grasse - 1995 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

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