The research objective was to build a fully-continuous lab-scale supercritical fluid extraction process to remove naphthalene from soil slurries. Both the carbon dioxide and the soil slurry were pumped into an extraction vessel simultaneously and continuously for the duration of an experimental run. Delhi Loamy Sand spiked with approximately 10 000 ppm (wt) of naphthalene and water comprised th...

This study describes the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with fluorescence detection (FLD). Because individual PAHs are generally present in water only at trace levels, a sensitive and accurate determination technique is essential. The separation and detection of five PAHs were run completely within 25...

Recently, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) has been indicated to be utilized as part of a biorefinery, rather than as a stand-alone technology, since besides extracting added value compounds selectively it has been shown to have a positive effect on the downstream processing of biomass. To this extent, this work evaluates economically the encouraging experimental results regarding the use o...

With the aid of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), a systematical and analytical evaluation method called Taguchi’s quality engineering has been applied to the in-situ supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and chemical derivatization (ChD) of amphetamines from water to afford the optimal experimental conditions and hence achieved the highest recoveries of the analytes (as their triflu...

A multiresidue analysis of pesticides in tea using supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and GC-MS was developed. The preprocessing using SFE shortened the total analysis time. The SFE extract contained less matrices than the extract obtained with organic solvents. However, these matrices disturbed instrumental analysis. So, the extract was cleaned up with ENVI™-Carb/NH2 and InertSep™ SI cartrid...

Soil was treated with "C-ring-labeled fluometuron [N,N-dimethyl-N'[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyll urea] (0.516 and 5.16 pmol gl), air-dried, and stored for 6 months at 5 "C. The 14C was then extracted from soil with methanol by conventional extraction (twice with MeOH/H20 8020 v/v; 2:l extract/soil v/w) and with CO2 using a supercritical fluid extractor. Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) method ...