Supercritical Fluid Technology in Industry: Recent Advances and Challenges (2014-2024) offers new insights into the theoretical and industrial applications of multiple processes included in supercritical technology, combining a review of the established literature with recent advances in theory, current applications, and case studies to help promote a more sustainable research approach. The book outlines supercritical fluid technology and processes operated with substances at conditions above or near the critical point and enables readers to understand the basic steps of equipment and processing.
Other sections explain the different methods of using supercritical technology and applications and cover current developments that increase economic feasibility and reduce environmental impact. This will be a great guide for anyone looking to supercritical technology as a means of optimizing existing processes or designing new processes with sustainability in mind, including industry experts, researchers, academics, and students at graduate level and above.
1. Supercritical fluid extraction
2. Subcritical fluid and pressurized liquid extraction
3. Fractionation and purification of molecules with supercritical fluids
4. Supercritical technology in analytical chemistry
5. Encapsulation with supercritical fluid technology
6. Supercritical fluid foaming
7. Supercritical solvent impregnation
8. Supercritical fluid drying of aerogels
9. Biocatalytic reactions in supercritical fluids
10. Chemical reactions assisted with supercritical water
11. Power generation via supercritical technology
12. Isothermal phase equilibrium of binary mixtures containing supercritical
CO2 and C3H8 experiment and modeling
13. Mathematical, thermodynamic modeling, and simulation of supercritical
fluid-based processes
14. Biorefineries integrated with supercritical fluid technology
15. Economic evaluation and life cycle assessment of supercritical
fluid-based processes
Ádina L. Santana is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Grain Science and Industry Department in Kansas State University. Dr. Santana has more than 10 years of research on the processing of value-added substances with supercritical technology via extraction, fractionation, phase equilibria, particle formation, and chemical reactions to extend the valorisation of agroindustry wastes and the end use of crops. Her research interest also includes health and technological aspects of bioactive molecules for human nutrition.
