Gray Wolf A Posse ad Esse. From Possibility to realization.





Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: River City, USA Posts: 9,895

Vacuum Oven exhaust residual gas analyzer Hee, hee,hee, starting to see some more interesting results from our joint R&D project with Cascade TEK to develop the optimum oven for our industry.



We've moved on to analyzing the exhaust gases to see not only what is coming out, but when.



Sure wish we had one full time, but Cascade TEK's engineers bring the $31K Mass Spectrometer with them for the tests, and take it with them when they leave, so we only get to play on the days they are available. It is almost like they don't trust cowboys with their instruments, snicker, snark, snort.....................



After three separate days of playing, some patterns seem to be forming that could ostensibly benefit brothers and sisters like my very own self, that can't afford a $31K analyzer for their oven.



One notable thing, is the amount of water coming off with the butane. Some of the big bubbles are water, and in greater quantities than I personally would have predicted. I lost sight of how much it concentrates, as the butane evaporates away.



Perhaps the most useful observation was that when you first flip a paddy, the initial rapid out gassing of the butane and water is greatest in its ratio to terpene loss. IE: Rapid butane and water exit, with slow steady terpene loss staying relative stable.



Terpene loss stays relatively steady once it starts, so if you flip the paddy every time the initial rapid out gassing starts to diminish, you can purge the butane and water out, while retaining more of the monoterpenes.



More to follow!

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.



Believing is seeing and ignorance is bliss until it bites you in the ass!



Fervor is the weapon of the impotent. The harder the sell, the poorer the product.



Alas, my ignorance abounds; the more I've learned, the less I know that I know..........



Thou shalt seek and respect the opinions of operators, even unto the third helper, for theirs is a wisdom unknown to technicrats.



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