What means Distillation?
Distillation, also known as classical distillation, is the process of selectively boiling and condensation to separate components or substances from a liquid mixture. Dry distillation is a process of heating of solid materials to create gaseous products. ALAQUA is a US company that is a distillation equipment supplier along with other processing equipment suppliers. Distillation can produce a nearly full separation or a partial separation that raises the concentration of specific components in a mixture.
The reason is that despite the proliferation of smartphones, genetic engineering, and putting people in space, the human species has yet to markedly improve on the technology of pot still distillation. Except for the continuous still invented in the late 1700s, the basic pot still design used by so many distillers across the globe would be fairly recognizable to distillers from centuries ago. Pot stills are used to make many of the world’s great spirit styles, such as single malt scotch, cognac, many rums, and most mezcal. Conversely, large industrial column stills make the bulk of the alcohol produced on Earth. But the rudimentarily reliable pot still remains king in some important circles.
ADVANTAGES OF CLEAN-IN-PLACE (CIP) SYSTEMS
Clean-in-Place (CIP) is a process allowing a complete system to be cleaned without dismantling it or the manual involvement of the operator. It includes several activities that combine to properly clean all or part of a process system without having to take the system apart. CIP systems pump cleaning, rinsing, and sanitizing solutions through the same piping path as the product to eliminate product soil from internal surfaces. CIP systems vary widely in configuration, capacity, quality, and level of automation. They also vary by industry.
