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Your machine is set up for passive operation and doesn't have the required connections for active. You will need to replace the concentric reducer at the bottom with one having a flood connection to bottom flood.Basically just went back to what I know today + dewaxing sleeve and pump assist w/recovery(which took longer than me labouring on other unit).
Still can't figure out how to run active with my machine, still can't figure out why the ball valve is valuable if no one really uses them or why late into wash/recovery I can still see LPG flowing through Sleeve out of the blue.
So strange.
And greywolf, by keeping the ball valve open does this not allow whatever fats/lipids that have coagulated in tune to end up getting back into Colomn?
Your machine is set up for passive operation and doesn't have the required connections for active. You will need to replace the concentric reducer at the bottom with one having a flood connection to bottom flood.
If you hooked the top of the column to the tank liquid valve, you could top flood and recover the way you have it hooked up.
The ball valve goes under the injection tee, so that you can bottom flood when closed.
The columns are typically drained through a filter to catch the fats and lipids. The LPG left behind is soaked into the material and leaves everything behind when vacuumed out.
Suggest you post a schematic of the plumbing you are proposing.Interesting... would hooking the top column via tee already in place on my machine to liquid valve not make it active?
Wild, will have to look at this type of alignment to better wrap my head around. Good stuff.
Had been using a larger mesh screen initially then switched to that + a coffee filter on top, now I'm using a 130 micron screen. Is this sufficient?
No but if you ask I will explain what it means.Hey greywolf, a lot of the terminology of parts you use are still slightly foreign to me. Does the pharm have breakdowns on this language for me to learn from.
I want to learn.
Possibly make it lighter in color, with less plant waxes.Ps here is one of the pours from last night, quite dark but thick.
Would running a properly assembled machine with dewaxing sleeve and ball valve help achieve a cleaner looking product?
Suggest you post a schematic of the plumbing you are proposing.
I prefer to use a 1 micron sock filter for wax removal. 130 micron is way too coarse.
Just looked sock filters up, these are interesting.
More surface area makes them quite palatable I'm guessing, easier to pull LPG through?
Great resource.
Butane is an organic solvent correct? Which media would you recommend greywolf?
Also, are these filters reusable or one and done?
Would my machine accept this type of filter within its design, and if so what is the name of the reducer that sits under my ball valve. I usually put one more passable screen filter above valve and one finer one underneath(130micron).
Could I place this type of sock filter in that reducer underneath ball valve?
If the column is near 0 psi and the collection vessel is - 30, won't what is in the column move to the collection vessel to equalize pressure?PS: If you top flood only, you still need a vent to the top of the column, referenced to the collection pot, for the column to drain properly. A column of liquid open at the bottom and closed at the top, has no way to equalize pressure.
Basically just went back to what I know today + dewaxing sleeve and pump assist w/recovery(which took longer than me labouring on other unit).
Still can't figure out how to run active with my machine, still can't figure out why the ball valve is valuable if no one really uses them or why late into wash/recovery I can still see LPG flowing through Sleeve out of the blue.
So strange.
And greywolf, by keeping the ball valve open does this not allow whatever fats/lipids that have coagulated in tune to end up getting back into Colomn?
Briefly. As soon as the liquid LPG hits the vacuum, it will vaporize and you will lose that vacuum to LPG vapor.If the column is near 0 psi and the collection vessel is - 30, won't what is in the column move to the collection vessel to equalize pressure?
I am a little confused. This is typical. I have a small top fill (1.5" x 12") dewaxing column on a 6 x 6 collection vessel with a ball valve between. I saw that GW doesn't soak, but wonder why? It's recommended in the manual from BVV.
If I were to soak, how long would I, and what would it accomplish?
Is the proper way to close the ball valve, fill the column, close top valve, soak, dump, repeat? If so, how do you know when the column is full?
The can of worms has been opened.
I am a little confused. This is typical. I have a small top fill (1.5" x 12") dewaxing column on a 6 x 6 collection vessel with a ball valve between. I saw that GW doesn't soak, but wonder why? It's recommended in the manual from BVV.
If I were to soak, how long would I, and what would it accomplish?
Is the proper way to close the ball valve, fill the column, close top valve, soak, dump, repeat? If so, how do you know when the column is full?
The can of worms has been opened.
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