Short Path Distillation ndi njira ya distillation yomwe imaphatikizapo kuyenda mtunda waufupi. Ndi njira kulekanitsa zosakaniza yochokera kusiyana volatilities awo mu otentha madzi osakaniza pansi kuthamanga yafupika. Pamene chitsanzo chosakaniza choyeretsedwa chikutenthedwa, nthunzi yake imakwera mtunda waufupi kupita ku condenser yowongoka kumene imakhazikika ndi madzi. Njirayi imagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zomwe zimakhala zosakhazikika pa kutentha kwakukulu chifukwa zimathandiza kuti kutentha kwapansi kugwiritsidwe ntchito.