Supercritical fluid extraction : principles and practice

✍ Scribed by McHugh, Mark A.; Krukonis, Val J

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 514
• Series: Butterworth-Heinemann series in chemical engineering
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Supercritical Fluid Extraction is a technique in which CO2 is used under extremely high pressure to separate solution (e.g., removing caffeine from coffee). Separations is basic to all process industries and supercritical fluid extraction is a specific type which is receiving a high level of attention. The book will combine basic fundamentals with industrial applications. The second edition has been expanded and updated and includes new chapters on chromatography and food processing.

"...this is an excellent book which is both instructive and amusing to read. Its true value is neatly summarised in one of the closing sentences: 'We have supplied you with the guidelines and criteria which you can now apply when considering supercritical fluids for your own needs.'' - Chemistry in Britain, February 1995

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Higher perspective
Phase diagrams for supercritical fluid-solute mixtures
Experimental techniques in high-pressure studies
Thermodynamic modelling of supercritical fluid-solute phase behaviour
Process operations
Early industrial applications
supercritical fluid process-development studies
Polymers and monomers processing
Processing pharmaceutical, natural products, speciality chemical and waste streams
Chemical reactions in supercritical fluids
Special applications.