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Data-Analytics for Cannabis
Extraction
Dr. Markus Roggen
Complex Biotech Discovery Ventures, Ltd.
Vancouver, Canada

2.
Data-Analytics for Cannabis Production
• Increase profits
• Decrease costs
• Increase efficiency
• Decrease downtime
• Increase production
• Decrease waste

3.
Sport: NFL
• Avg. Broadcast: 174 min
• Standing Around: 75 min
• Commercial: 60 min ($5.0-5.6mil for 30sec)
• Replays: 17 min
• Game: 11 min
Commercial
SUPER BOWL LIV
Standing Around Replay
Ga
me
Oth
ers

4.
• Trimming: 25 h
• Milling: 5 h
• Extractor Loading: 30 min
• Extraction Run: 90 min
• Extractor Cleaning: 120 min
• Decarboxylation: 2 h
• Winterization: 2 days
• Solvent Removal: 46 min
Cannabis: Processing Pipeline
Winterization
EXTRACT a BOWL
Trimming
83 h
Total Time

5.
Sport: Elo
• Arpad Emmerich Elo, Hungarian-American physics professor
• Originally developed for chess player ratings
• Elo assigns power ratings
• Based on (NFL)
• Difference in quality between teams
• Quarterback
• Location
• Travel distance
• Rest days
• …
Kansas: 1743 = 63 %win
SF: 1671 = 37 %win

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Cannabis: PCA (offense)
Factors to consider:
• Temperature
• Pressure
• Time
• Input Weight
• Input Concentration
• Input Moisture
• Flow Rate
• Compound Solubility
• Cultivar
• Extract Type

7.
Producers don’t track enough:
• Net Weight Collected
• Run Time
• Flow Rate
Cannabis: PCA (defense)

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Producers don’t track enough:
• Net Weight Collected
• Run Time
• Flow Rate
• Predictive algorithm
to fill the gap
Cannabis: PCA (defense)

9.
• Coefficients of each variables
• Statistical significance
• “Trust” values
Cannabis: PCA (defense)

10.
Sport: Win Margins
• NFL games are close
• 50% single digit score differences
• 40% one scoring opportunity
• Mean score diff.: 3 points

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• B2B prices of extracts are on an all time low
• Increase yield/efficiency to lift profit margins
C1C2C3
Cannabis: Profit Margins

12.
• 4th down: Play or Punt?
• Play: 71% chance for new First Down (Ravens 2019 season)
Sport: To Play or not to Play

13.
Cannabis: To Extract or not to Extract
• Time resolved extraction yields
• Initial mode: mass transfer – longer = better
• Final mode: diffusion – longer = diminishing returns
0
100
200
300
400
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
YieldTHC(g) Time (t)
Optimizing Run Time

14.
Sport: Quarterback Rating
• Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR)
• One number for all quarterback's contributions to winning
• Passes
• Rushes
• Turnovers
• Penalties
Mahomes, Kansas: 279
Garoppolo, SF: 133

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Cannabis: Extractor Rating
• Different instruments => different architecture
• Same model => different performance
• Cannot be compared easily

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Extractor
Cannabis: Extractor Rating
• Different instruments => different architecture
• Same model => different performance
• Cannot be compared easily

17.
Sport: Endzone
American Football Field:
• Length: 91.44m
• Endzone: 9.14m each
• Total Length: 109m
• Width: 48.8m

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0.24
0.26
0.28
0.3
0.32
0.34
0.36
0.38
0.4
15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29
Concentration(g/mL)
Temperature (C)
Meta stable zone width for CBD in petroleum
ether
Sol. T (pure)
MSZT (pure)
Cannabis: Metastable Zone
• Crystallization: The process of solidifying atoms or molecules into
highly organized structures
0.22
0.24
0.26
0.28
0.3
0.32
0.34
0.36
0.38
0.4
15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29
Concentration(g/mL)
Temperature (C)
Meta stable zone width for CBD in petroleum
ether
Sol. T (pure)
MSZT (pure)
Sol. T (curde)
MSZT (crude)

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Cannabis: Metastable Zone
• Crystallization: The process of solidifying atoms or molecules into
highly organized structures

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Cannabis: Metastable Zone
• Crystallization: The process of solidifying atoms or molecules into
highly organized structures

21.
CBDV Team
Soheil Nasseri–
Business Associate
Rachel Damiani de
Souza – Marketing
Associate
Kendra Payne – VP
Business Operations
Stella Zhu – Data
Science Associate
Sajni Shah –
Research
Associate

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Questions?
Complex Biotech Discovery Ventures
Dr. Markus Roggen
markus@cbdvl.com
cbdvl.com