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Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Principles and Practice

  • 2nd Edition - December 27, 1993
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Mark McHugh, Val Krukonis
  • Editor: Howard Brenner
  • Language: English

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… Read more

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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

Readership

Chemical engineers in the process industries and polymer and petroleum chemists.

Table of contents

Introduction; Higher perspective; Phase diagrams for supercritical fluid-solute mixtures; experimental techniques in high-pressure studies; Thermodynamic modelling of supercritical fluid-solute phase behavior; Process operations; Earlyindustrial 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; Epilogue; References.

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 22, 2013
  • Language: English

About the editor

HB

Howard Brenner

Affiliations and expertise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About the authors

MM

Mark McHugh

Affiliations and expertise
Chemical Engineering Dept, John Hopkins University

VK

Val Krukonis

Affiliations and expertise
President, Phasex Corp.

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