การศึกษาองค์ประกอบและกระบวนการผลิตน้ำมันมินต์โดยใช้เครื่องกลั่นไฟฟ้าประหยัดพลังงานบุผนังเตาฉนวนด้วยเซรามิกไฟเบอร์
Keywords:
mint essential oil, distiller, insulation, ceramic fiber, steam distillationAbstract
This research aims to design and construct an energy-saving electric distiller with a ceramic fiber insulated furnace wall using 1,800-watt electric coil and an electrical heating system. The research results are divided into 2 parts: 1) The results of an energy-saving electric distiller covered with ceramic fiber insulation compared to heating with a cooking gas stove to distill water using the steam distillation method. 2) The results of an energy-saving electric distiller covered with ceramic fiber insulation compared to heating with a cooking gas stove to distill mint essential oil using the steam distillation method. 3) Analysis of various properties of products obtained from mint processing using an energy-saving electric distiller found that the results of an energy-saving electric distiller covered with ceramic fiber insulation compared to heating with a cooking gas stove to distill water and mint leaves using the steam distillation method took similar distillation times. The electricity cost for using the research prototype is only 11.67 to 37.82 baht, which has a lower energy cost than distillation by heating with LPG cooking gas by 4 times, and in the distillation of essential oil from mint leaves with an energy-saving electric distiller covered with ceramic fiber insulation, compared to heating with cooking gas the values are similar. The density of the oil obtained in the production process of the prototype from this research and the LPG cooking gas stove are also close to each other. The average density of mint oil obtained is 0.902 grams per milliliter, but the cost of electricity or fuel used in distillation by the prototype is 4 times lower than the stove that heats with cooking gas, but the mint oil obtained has similar properties. The top 5 chemical components of mint oil are Water, L-menthone, Methyl acetate, Menthol and Alpha-pinene, and have a similar %Match. Therefore, the mint oil production process with an energy-saving electric distillation machine covered with ceramic fiber insulation is suitable to be used as a tool for producing mint oil or distilling other desired substances as an alternative in selecting tools that reduce energy consumption.
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