great amount of fuel needed to heat the various kettles. Rillieux wanted to improve this process for the better and knew just how.
During his time in France, Rillieux had witnessed the introduction of the steam-powered single pan vacuum, this vacuum pan was enclosed in an area with the air removed, this was essential because liquids can boil at lower temperatures when air is not present, thus costing less. Rillieux decided to improve greatly on this efficiency by including a second and later a third pan, with each receiving heat from the pan before. A few years later, Rillieux had obtained a job from Theodore Packwood to help improve his Myrtle Grove Plantation refinery. In doing so he was able to finally use his triple evaporation pan system which he then got patented in 1843. Rillieux's new system took much of the hand labor out of the sugar refining process, it saved fuel because the juice boiled at lower temperatures, …show more content…
Rillieux had then devised a plan for eliminating the outbreak by draining swamplands around the city and improving the sewer system, and as a result removing the breeding ground of the insects along with their capability to pass on the disease. Unfortunately, Edmund Forstall, who was Rillieux’s former employer (he had left on bad terms) was a member of the state legislature and spoke out against the plan. Forstall was able to turn the legislature against Rillieux due to his race. This led to Rillieux’s plan getting rejected and him leaving New Orleans for France to get away from the prevalent racism in the south. While in France, Rillieux continued to create new inventions while also securing his patents. Ironically, back in Louisiana, after a number of years in which the Yellow Fever continued to overwhelm New Orleans, the state legislature was forced to put into action a plan almost identical to Rillieux’s plan but introduced by white