The geological storage of CO2 coming from large industrial facilities has been studied in detail for the last several years as a solution against the greenhouse effect and climate change in a number of countries. It is considered as a complementary solution together with the research for the non pollutant or/and renewable energy sources. One of the available options is the injection of the supe...

Waste streams from the incineration of metal-containing materials like such as computer processor boards and batteries may contain critical rare earth elements praseodymium. Data on solubility Pr compounds their distribution coefficients in supercritical CO2/ionic liquid two-phase systems are important to determine if an ionic liquid/supercritical CO2 approach is feasible toward recovery a part...

It has recently been shown that thin polymer films in the nanometer thickness range exhibit anomalous swelling maxima in supercritical CO2 (Sc-Co2) in the vicinity of the critical point of CO2. The adsorption isotherm of CO2 on carbon black, silica surfaces, porous zeolites, and other surfaces, is known to exhibit anomalous maxima under similar CO2 conditions. It is believed that because CO2 po...

This thesis discusses particle production by supercritical antisolvent processing (SAS) techniques by looking the fundamentals and applications of the method with some case studies. The final aim of this work is however to consider the SAS particle production process feasibility. In the process studied the solid is dissolved in a conventional solvent and the solution is sprayed continuously thr...

an extended peng-robinson equation of state (epr-eos) is used to model the vapor-liquid equilibrium (vle) in systems containing (water + nacl + co2), (water + methanol + nacl + co2), (water + na2so4 + co2) and (water + nh4cl + co2). the binary and ternary interaction parameters between salt and solvent are adjusted to experimental mean solvent activity of salts (nacl and na2so4). for the system...

The adverse effects of the most widely recognized greenhouse gas and pollutant on the planet, carbon dioxide, are also the most ubiquitously overlooked when present as a (processed) food ingredient, as a (supercritical) solvent and as an excipient. CO2 is a constituent of carbonated beverages, used as an insufflation gas and to elevate alveolar CO2 concentration in acute respiratory distress sy...

In the last two centuries, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) have augmented by about 35% as a result of increased anthropogenic emissions. To reduce these emissions, geologic Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) has been advanced as an emerging technology. Current estimations report that 60% are of the total storage capacity under the subsurface is included in deep saline for...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions currently represent a major concern. Accordingly, the electrochemical reduction of CO2 is a reaction of major relevance and also of great challenges. Considering the redox potentials required for reducing CO2, multi-electron-transfer, multiproton reactions are the most viable pathways for driving CO2 reduction. [2] Nonetheless, catalysts must be employed to overco...

Carotenoids are gaining growing interest in food industries due to their nutritional and colorant properties. The objectives of this study were to extract carotenoids from carrots with supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) and to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the crude carrot oil extract and color of the carrot residue. Crude carrot oil was extracted from freeze-dried carrots with SC-CO2 at differe...

Extractions of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil from a former manufactured gas plant site were performed with a Soxhlet apparatus (18 h), by pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) (50 min at 100 degrees C), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) (1 h at 150 degrees C with pure CO2), and subcritical water (1 h at 250 degrees C, or 30 min at 300 degrees C). Although minor diff...