CBD Crystallization Equipment

What does a NiTech crystallizer look like?

NiTech® continuous crystallizers are manufactured to suit the required throughput rate and start composition of CBD distillate. Here are some example units (intermediate and larger sizes also available):

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The DN15 Standard – Glass

The smallest unit: 
A laboratory/small-scale unit, with an output of ~ 0.5 kg/h of CBD isolate (crystals leave the COBC in a slurry to be filtered and dried downstream).

 

CBD Equipment – DN15 Standard Glass crystallizer

DN36 ATEX/C1D1 – 316L Stainless steel

A production unit:
Output of ~ 8 kg/h CBD isolate (crystals leave the COBC in a slurry to be filtered and dried downstream).

 

DN36 Atex stainless steel crystallizer for CBD

DN43 ATEX/C1D1 – 316L Stainless steel

A large production unit:
Output of ~ 11 kg/h CBD isolate (crystals leave the COBC in a slurry to be filtered and dried downstream).

 

DN43 Atex stainless steel crystallizer for CBD

Example NiTech® Continuous Crystallizer Configurations for CBD isolate production

NiTech® Continuous Crystallizer Configuration

(Net) CBD Isolate Production Rate (kg/h)

Crystallizer Internal Volume (L)

14m DN15 (glass)

0.5

2.3

20m DN15 (316L stainless steel)

0.6

3.3

40m DN22 (316L stainless steel)

3.0

15

40m DN28 (316L stainless steel)

4.6

23

40m DN36 (316L stainless steel)

8

40

40m DN43 (316L stainless steel)

11

54

40m DN55 (316L stainless steel)

18

89

40m DN67 (316L stainless steel)

27

133

Notes:

  1. Based on an example system of:
    1. 65 % w/w CBD in distillate;
    2. ~ 2:3 w/v distillate to heptane;
    3. 5 % w/w of 50 micron CBD isolate seed crystals added as part of a slurry;
    4. 50 minutes cooling time; and
    5. (-15)⁰C final temperature.
  2. “Net” CBD isolate production rate is quoted to account for:
    1. The mass of CBD isolate crystals which must be recycled as seed material;
    2. A conservative estimate of 10% losses by mass during filtering/washing ; and
    3. A conservative estimate of 10% losses by mass during crystal milling.

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