Comparative Study on Steam Distillation and Hydro-Distillation Methods for Agarwood Oil Extraction

摘要

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency and quality of the produced Agarwood oil produced which were produced by steam distillation and hydordistillation methods. Aquilaria Mallacensis was choosing as the raw material study for agarwood oil process with 2 difference size of particle. The method of steam distillation process need atleast 7 days to run the process but for hydro-distillation process only need atleast 5 days. Therefore, with one month calculation for hydrodistillation process include the maintenance process will make for 4 times process otherwise the steam distillation process only need 3 times only include the maintenance process. The result study shows that the hydrodistillation process is more production oil with 150 ml and steam distillation is only with 100 ml. In conclusion, the study indicated that the hydrodistillation process exhibited more efficient and effective in the production of Agarwood essential oil.