Supercritical fluids (SCF) are very interesting solvents with unique properties, such as high solute diffusivities, low viscosity and density values similar to liquids. All these features can be tuned with modifications in the pressure or temperature or the addition of modifiers [1]. Supercritical CO2 (sc-CO2) is one of the most promising alternative solvents because it is cheap, abundant, non-...

The synthesis of biodiesel fuel from lipids (vegetable oils and animal fats) has gained in importance as a possible source of renewable non-fossil energy in an attempt to reduce our dependence on petroleum-based fuels. The catalytic processes commonly used for the production of biodiesel fuel present a series of limitations and drawbacks, among them the high energy consumption required for comp...

Ultrathin V2O5 nanosheets were successfully prepared through supercritical solvothermal reaction followed by annealing treatment. The formation of ultrathin nanosheets is owing to Ostwald ripening and the effect of supercritical fluids. As cathode material for lithium batteries, the ultrathin V2O5 nanosheets exhibit a capacity of 108 mA h g(-1) at a high rate of up to 10 C at 2.4-4 V and excell...

The objective of this work has been the co-precipitation of the coating material Ethyl Cellulose (EC) and two natural extracts (IDOKI SCF Technologies), R1 and P1, using the Supercritical Antisolvent (SAS) precipitation technique with supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2), in order to obtain active microparticles. EC is a hydrophobic material widely used for controlled delivery systems, sustain...

According to textbook definitions1, there exists no physical observable able to distinguish a liquid from a gas beyond the critical point, and hence only a single fluid phase is defined. There are, however, some thermophysical quantities, having maxima that define a line emanating from the critical point, named ‘the Widom line’2 in the case of the constant-pressure specific heat. We determined ...

Title Hydrogenation of phenol with supported Rh catalysts in the presence of compressed CO2 : Its effects on reaction rate, product selectivity and catalyst life Author(s) Fujita, Shin-ichiro; Yamada, Takuya; Akiyama, Yoshinari; Cheng, Haiyang; Zhao, Fengyu; Arai, Masahiko Citation Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 54(2): 190-201 Issue Date 2010-08 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/43789 Type a...

The design and development of processes involving supercritical fluids depend on how easy the phase equilibrium can be accurately modelled and predicted. In the work described herein, the supercritical fluid-solid equilibrium has been considered. Modelling the fluid-solid equilibrium is associated with a number of drawbacks, even when it is possible to obtain the experimental solubility data fo...