The invention relates to a heat cycle extraction concentration method for
traditional Chinese medicine. According to the method, a suit of equipment is used, heat cycle and
solvent cycle are reached through
microcomputer control in a sealing
system consisting of extraction and concentration, and the temperature, pressure and flow speed are controllable (low temperature extraction is permitted), thus the
energy consumption and
solvent consumption are furthest saved, and the extracting solution quality is improved and stabilized. The
system mainly consists of a
traditional Chinese medicine extracting tank, a filter, an extracting solution
heat exchanger, a rising film
evaporator, a gas-liquid separator, a steam compressor, a
circulating pump, a concentrated liquor tank, a PLC full
automatic control system, an operating platform, an electric
instrument control cabinet and a valve. A fully sealed negative pressure extraction concentration system is formed in the extracting tank, the rising film
evaporator and the gas-liquid separator, so that automatic heat conversion and condensate water reutilization during the
medicine cycle extraction concentration process are realized, the degree of
automation, safety performance and environmental performance are improved, and the method is convenient to operate, low in
energy consumption and low in human cost.