Supercritical fluid technology can be seen as a green and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional. Current information on these topics is spread through different publications in different peer-reviewed journals. The editors were therefore of the opinion that this information should be gathered in an Ebook which presents some reviews on these topics which should be of major interest not only for the academia but also for the industry.
Table of Contents
Foreword iPreface ii
Contributors iii
1. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Supercritical Fluids: Basic Principles and Applications 1
M. Nunes da Ponte
2. PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING
CHAPTER 2: Applications of Supercritical Expansion Processes for Particle Formation 8
Ana Rita C. Duarte
CHAPTER 3: Supercritical Anti-Solvent Micronization: Control of Morphology and
Particle Size 16
Ernesto Reverchon, Iolanda De Marco
CHAPTER 4: Particles from Gas-Saturated Solutions and Related Methods for Particle
Engineering 29
A.R. Sampaio de Sousa, Catarina M.M. Duarte
CHAPTER 5: Fundamentals and Modeling of Supercritical Precipitation Processes 41
Ángel Martín, María José Cocero
CHAPTER 6: Supercritical Fluid Impregnation for The Preparation of Controlled
Delivery Systems 52
Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte
CHAPTER 7: Ionic Liquids and Carbon Dioxide As Combined Solvents for Reactions
and Separations: Switch the Miscibility 61
E. Kühne, G.J. Witkamp, C.J. Peters
3. NUTRACEUTICAL AND FOOD PROCESSING
CHAPTER 8: Supercritical Antisolvent Fractionation of Plant Extracts 71
O. J. Catchpole, N. E. Durling, J. B. Grey, W. Eltringham, S. J. Tallon
CHAPTER 9: Mathematical Modelling of Supercritical Fluid Extraction 80
H. Sovová
4. SCALE-UP ISSUES
CHAPTER 10: Supercritical Fluid Processing in Food and Pharmaceutical Industries:
Scale-Up Issues 97
Fabrice Leboeuf, Frantz Deschamps
Index 116
