Njengoba imboni yamakhambi ikhule kakhulu eminyakeni embalwa edlule, isabelo semakethe esibangelwa yizicucu zamakhambi sikhule ngokushesha okukhulu. Kuze kube manje, izinhlobo ezimbili zezicucu zamakhambi, izicucu ze-butane kanye nezicucu ze-CO2 ezibaluleke kakhulu, ziye zaba imbangela yokukhiqizwa kweningi lama-concentrate atholakala emakethe.
Kodwa-ke, i-ethanol, ibilokhu ithola i-butane kanye ne-CO2 ebaluleke kakhulu njengesinyibilikisi esikhethwa abakhiqizi abenza iziqeshana zezitshalo ezisezingeni eliphezulu. Nasi isizathu esenza abanye bakholelwa ukuthi i-ethanol iyisinyibilikisi esingcono kakhulu sokukhipha izitshalo.
Akukho ketshezi olufanele ukukhishwa kwamakhambi ngazo zonke izindlela. I-Butane, i-hydrocarbon solvent evame kakhulu esetshenziswa ekukhishweni kwamakhambi njengamanje, iyathandwa ngenxa yokungabi ne-polarity yayo, okuvumela i-extractor ukuthi ibambe amakhambi nama-terpenes afunwayo kusuka kumakhambi ngaphandle kokukhipha izinto ezingafuneki okuhlanganisa i-chlorophyll nama-metabolites ezitshalo. Iphuzu eliphansi lokubila le-Butane lenza kube lula ukuhlanza kusuka ku-concentrate ekupheleni kwenqubo yokukhipha, kushiye umkhiqizo ohlanzekile ngemuva.
Nokho, i-butane iyasha kakhulu, futhi okhipha i-butane ekhaya abangakwazi kahle baye baba yimbangela yezindaba eziningi zokuqhuma okubangela ukulimala okukhulu nokunikeza ukukhishwa kwamakhambi wonke umuzwa omubi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-butane esezingeni eliphansi esetshenziswa okhipha amakhambi abangathembekile ingagcina uhla lwezinto ezinobuthi eziyingozi kubantu.
I-CO2 ebaluleke kakhulu, yona, idunyiswe ngokuphepha kwayo okulinganiselwe maqondana nobuthi kanye nomthelela emvelweni. Lokho kusho ukuthi inqubo ende yokuhlanza edingekayo ukususa izakhi ezikhishwe ndawonye, njenge-wax namafutha ezitshalo, kumkhiqizo okhishwe ingasusa iphrofayili yokugcina yezitshalo kanye ne-terpenoid yezingcezu ezikhishwe ngesikhathi sokukhishwa kwe-CO2 ebaluleke kakhulu.
I-Ethanol yavela yaba yilokho kanye: isebenza kahle, isebenza kahle, futhi iphephile ukuyiphatha. I-FDA ihlukanisa i-ethanol ngokuthi “Ngokuvamile Ibhekwa Njengephephile,” noma i-GRAS, okusho ukuthi iphephile ukusetshenziswa ngabantu. Ngenxa yalokho, ivame ukusetshenziswa njengesivikelo sokudla kanye nesithasiselo, esitholakala kukho konke kusukela ekugcwaliseni ukhilimu ku-donut yakho kuya engilazini yewayini oyijabulelayo ngemva komsebenzi.
Ngisho noma i-ethanol iphephile kune-butane futhi isebenza kangcono kune-CO2 ebaluleke kakhulu, ukukhishwa kwe-ethanol ejwayelekile akunazo izinkinga zayo. Isithiyo esikhulu kunazo zonke kwakuyi-polarity ye-ethanol, i-solvent ye-polar [njenge-ethanol] izoxubana kalula namanzi futhi incibilikise ama-molecule ancibilikayo emanzini. I-Chlorophyll ingenye yalezo zinhlanganisela ezizokhipha kalula uma kusetshenziswa i-ethanol njenge-solvent.
Indlela yokukhipha i-ethanol e-cryogenic iyakwazi ukunciphisa i-chlorophyll kanye nama-lipids ngemva kokukhipha. Kodwa isikhathi eside sokukhipha, ukusebenza kahle kokukhiqiza okuphansi, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamandla aphezulu, okwenza ukukhipha i-ethanol kungakwazi ukukhombisa izinzuzo zayo.
Nakuba indlela yokuhlunga yendabuko ingasebenzi kahle ikakhulukazi ekukhiqizweni kwezentengiselwano, i-chlorophyll kanye nama-lipid kuzobangela ukucola emshinini we-Short Path Distillation futhi kuchithe isikhathi sakho sokukhiqiza esibalulekile esikhundleni sokuhlanza.
Ngocwaningo kanye nokuhlola phakathi nezinyanga eziningana, uMnyango Wezobuchwepheshe be-Gioglass wakwazi ukucabanga indlela yokuhlanza i-chlorophyll kanye nama-lipid ezintweni zezitshalo ngemva kokukhishwa. Lo msebenzi okhethekile uvumela ukudalwa kokukhishwa kwe-ethanol ye-Room Temperature. Lokho kuzonciphisa kakhulu izindleko zokukhiqiza ekukhiqizweni kwamakhambi.
Njengamanje, le nqubo ekhethekile isetshenziswa e-USA naseZimbabwe.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-20-2022
