Process of Essential Oil
Plant Name: Distillery
Industry: Food & Beverage
Customer’s product(s): Essential oils distilled from lavender
Application
To produce essential lavender oil, the process requires distilling the lavender buds, capturing the steam, and then condensing the steam into a liquid. In this application, the customer was only looking for a flowmeter that could accurately measure the steam.
Challenges
Before offering the Vortex meter, Yokogawa visited the distillery. The customer explained the complete process and it was determined that what was most important to the customer was the concentration of lavender oil in the final mix. If the mix fell below 2% concentration, it became meaningless to continue the “cooking” phase. If the customer could accurately measure the concentration, then the heat/steam could be adjusted to the correct levels. This would increase the efficiency of the process and save money.
Solution
Yokogawa proposed the ROTAMASS TI with standard concentration measurement (use when there is no interaction between the 2 mixed products). 1 g/l for density accuracy was selected because concentration is calculated with measured density and operating temperature. By optimizing the density accuracy, the ROTAMASS TI gave a more predictable concentration. Due to very low process pressure, the ROTAMASS TI was oversized to reduce the pressure loss as much as possible. In this application, at max flow rate, the pressure loss was 9 mbar. The customer was able to supply the density table of the lavender concentration, which the Yokogawa service engineer set into the ROTAMASS TI with the correct data.
(For more experienced users, a standalone concentration tool is available on the ROTAMASS TI memory card to configure the concentration measurement without the need for Yokogawa support.)
Key Technologies
ROTAMASS TI
- Concentration measurement
- Accurate measurement
- The application can be duplicated at every lavender, flower, fruit… distillery
Industries
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Food & Beverage
The food and beverage industry must produce safe, high-quality foods and beverages for consumers. In addition to quality control, the manufacturing processes include many challenges such as managing ingredients, improving efficiency and handling global environmental issues. Yokogawa leverages its decades of technological expertise to help customers build and operate the ideal factory.
Related Products & Solutions
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ROTAMASS Total Insight
It is the most technologically advanced mass flowmeter yet. By combining the superior design of the application specific flow sensor and transmitters with the Total Insight philosophy and functionality, the flexibility of the Rotamass to adapt to changing requirements guarantees performance throughout the lifecycle of the process measurement.
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Coriolis Flow Meters
ROTAMASS Coriolis Flow Meter
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Flow Meters
Achieve precision flow measurement with field-proven sensor technology.
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