Flavors, Fragrances & Aroma Chemicals calculator
Distillation Energy Calculator
Estimate energy cost for distilling, concentrating, stripping, or recovering aroma chemicals, extracts, essential oils, or solvents. Use it when comparing distillation settings, batch sizes, utility assumptions, or quote cost for a concentrated aroma material.
What this calculator does
- Estimate energy cost for distilling, concentrating, stripping, or recovering aroma chemicals, extracts, essential oils, or solvents.
- Use it when comparing distillation settings, batch sizes, utility assumptions, or quote cost for a concentrated aroma material.
- Estimates energy use and cost for distillation or solvent-recovery steps used in aroma chemical and extract production.
Formula used
- Total distillation energy cost = distillation connected load × distillation runtime × blended electricity rate
- Energy cost per kg distilled = total energy cost ÷ distilled output weight
Inputs explained
- Distillation connected load: Use heater, vacuum, condenser, pump, and agitation load from nameplate, submeter, or batch record.
- Distillation runtime: Enter heat-up, reflux, stripping, concentration, and hold time included in the run.
- Blended electricity rate: Use the plant utility rate including demand charges if finance uses a blended rate.
- Distilled output weight: Use accepted output weight from the same distillation run.
How to use the result
- Use it for batch costing, quote review, process improvement, and comparing equipment or operating conditions.
- Energy estimates depend on heat-up time, reflux or vacuum settings, condenser load, agitation, batch size, utility tariffs, and whether steam, chilled water, or electricity is modeled separately.
Common questions
- What information do I need before using the Distillation Energy? Use connected load, runtime, electricity rate, and accepted distilled kilograms from the same run or scenario.
- What does the result mean? It estimates energy used, total energy cost, hourly cost, and energy cost per output unit for the selected operation.
- When is the result only an estimate? It is an estimate when formula percentages, density, active concentration, volatility, ingredient substitutions, batch size, equipment hold-up, filtration loss, QC method, packaging tare, supplier cost, or production schedule differs from the assumptions entered.
- What decision can I make from the result? Use the cost per kg to price distilled products, compare operating settings, size batches, or prioritize energy reduction work.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.