Publications related to Supercritical fluid extraction

Sustainable green processing of grape pomace for the production of value-added products: An overview

In recent years, the recovery of valuable compounds from food waste like grape pomace is an emerging issue in the food sector. Grape pomace or marc can be considered as an important solid waste that is produced from the wine industries after the pressing a ...

ELSEVIER2021

Aqueous effluent treatment system

Jeremy Luterbacher, Gaël Peng, Frédéric Edouard Juillard, Lionel Bertschy

Aqueous effluent treatment system (2) including a separation reactor (4) having a reactor chamber fluidly connected to an aqueous effluent source (3), connected via a pump (5) to an inlet (34) of the reactor chamber, a fluid extraction system (6) connected ...

2020

Supercritical water anomalies in the vicinity of the Widom line

Christian Ludwig

Supercritical water is used in a variety of chemical and industrial applications. As a consequence, a detailed knowledge of the structure-properties correlations is of uttermost importance. Although supercritical water was considered as a homogeneous fluid ...

Nature Research2019

Visualization of supercritical water pseudo-boiling at Widom line crossover

Christian Ludwig, Andrea Testino

Supercritical water is a green solvent used in many technological applications including materials synthesis, nuclear engineering, bioenergy, or waste treatment and it occurs in nature. Despite its relevance in natural systems and technical applications, t ...

Nature Research2019

Multiple Inflow Branches at Supercritical-Type Vortex Drop Shaft

Michael Pfister, Jean-Marc Ribi, Corrado Gisonni, Gaetano Crispino, Thierry Fuchsmann

Vortex drop shafts serve to overcome important elevation differences in drainage systems. If well designed, they are performant in terms of energy dissipation and safety. However, the standard design requires well-defined approach flow conditions to ensure ...

ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS2018

Comparison of extraction techniques for product diversification in a supercritical water gasification-based sugarcane-wet microalgae biorefinery: Thermoeconomic and environmental analysis

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas

This study presents a thermoeconomic and environmental assessment of the extraction of lipids and proteins from wet microalgal biomass in a 3G biorefinery by two different technologies: supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and low-pressure solvent extracti ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2018

The impact of sorbent geometry on the sulphur adsorption under supercritical water conditions: a numerical study

Christian Ludwig, Andrea Testino

A numerical model to show the impact of the adsorption bed geometry on the desulfurization process of wet biomass under supercritical water (SCW) gasification process has been developed. Three different geometries, straight channels (pipe), sharp-edged cha ...

Springer Heidelberg2017

Multi-objective Optimization of Supercritical Water Gasification of Leftover Brazilian Ginseng Roots After Phytochemical Recovery Steps

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian, Juliana Queiroz Albarelli, Diego Tresinari dos Santos

The present study aims at studying the supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of the leftover Brazilian ginseng roots after phytochemicals extraction for synthetic natural gas (SNG) production, envisioning the development of a promising Brazilian ginseng ...

2017

Product diversification in the sugarcane biorefinery through algae growth and supercritical CO 2 extraction: Thermal and economic analysis

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas

The sugarcane sector in Brazil has undergone a major modernization in the last thirty years. Embracing the biorefinery concept, this sector is investigating bioproduct diversification and mostly putting a lot of effort and investment on second generation e ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Heat expandable biopolymers for one-step production of foam core sandwich composites

Yonghoon Yoon

The overall aim of this work has been to develop sustainable solid thermally activated foam precursors suitable for the in-line production of lightweight bio-based foam core sandwich structures with consolidated wood particle facings, using a non-inflammab ...

EPFL2016

Apparatus for salt separation under supercritical water conditions

Daniel Favrat, François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian

Apparatus for salt separation (2) under supercritical water conditions, comprising a heat exchanger (4) and a fluidized bed reactor (6). The fluidized bed reactor comprising a supercritical water pressure containing wall (8) defining therein a fluidized be ...

2016

Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in Pressurized Systems

Patrick Voyame

The depletion of carbon-based fossil fuels and the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration will force an inevitable change in the future global energy landscape. CO2 reduction presents the advantages of decreasing its atmospheric concentration and ...

EPFL2016

New proposal for production of bioactive compounds by supercritical technology integrated to a sugarcane biorefinery

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas

The construction of a supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) plant inside or in close proximity to a sugarcane biorefinery producing first and second generation ethanol demonstrated to be very promising, increasing the economic potential of the SFE process i ...

Springer Verlag2014

Electrochemistry in Supercritical Fluids: A Mini Review

Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Kathryn Ellen Toghill, Patrick Voyame

A brief overview of the literature relating to electrochemical studies and processes undertaken in supercritical fluids is presented. This review mostly concerns carbon dioxide and hydrofluorocarbons, given the accessibility of their supercritical states, ...

Elsevier2014

Steady-state macroscale voltammetry in a supercritical carbon dioxide medium

Hubert Girault, Astrid Johana Olaya Avendano, Dmitry Momotenko, Kathryn Ellen Toghill, Patrick Voyame

The electrochemical oxidation and reduction of decamethylferrocene is demonstrated in supercritical carbon dioxide at a macro gold disc electrode at 100 bar and 313 K. Fast mass transport effects were exhibited and the corresponding steady-state voltammetr ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2013

Stable self-similar blow up for energy subcritical wave equations

Roland Donninger

We consider the semilinear wave equation partial derivative(2)(t)psi - Delta psi = vertical bar psi vertical bar(p-1)psi for 1 < p

International Press2012

Biodegradable polylactide/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite foam scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, John Christopher Plummer, Claire Diane Delabarde

Supercritical carbon dioxide processing of poly--lactide (PLLA)/hydroxyapatite (nHA) nanocomposites was investigated as a means to prepare foams suitable as scaffolds in bone tissue engineering applications. For given foaming parameters, addition of nHA to ...

Springer US2012

Processing of Sustainable Cellular Biocomposites

Carole Boissard

Petroleum-based polymers and composites are commonly used in a wide variety of application fields. However ecological concerns, increasing oil prices and dwindling natural resources explain why nowadays industrial and public interest is more than ever focu ...

EPFL2012

Interfacial Photoreduction of Supercritical CO2 by an Aqueous Catalyst

Hubert Girault, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Patrick Voyame

Not just a solvent anymore: CO2 reduction under supercritical conditions was achieved in a biphasic water–supercritical CO2 system using an aqueous soluble catalyst (see picture). The introduction of such an interface provides a suitable reaction medium wh ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2011

Bioresorbable Nanocomposite Foams for Bone Tissue Engineering

Claire Diane Delabarde

The present work forms part of an ongoing effort at the Laboratory of Polymer and Composite Technology (LTC) to develop novel solvent-free processing methods for next generation resorbable porous scaffolds for bone replacement, based on supercritical carbo ...

EPFL2011