Tag Archives: SFE

Lithium-ion Battery Recycling – Recovering the Valuable Metals

The demand for lithium-ion batteries being produced for use in consumer electronics and electric vehicles has exploded in recent years. This trend is expected to continue as more and more states are pushing, and in some cases legislating the move … Continue reading →

Optimizing Sunflower Seed Oil Extraction with the SFT-120 SFE

Sunflower seeds are rich in oil that contains high levels of Vitamin E and low in saturated fats. This has led to its favor in the food industry. The SFT-120 SFE has been used to investigate ways to efficiently extract … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Releases | Tagged oil extraction, seed extraction, SFE, SFT, SFT-100, SFT-110, SFT-120, sunflower seed oil, supercritical fluids |

AP-188 – PROCESSING ALGAL BIOMASS TO RENEWABLE FUEL: OIL EXTRACTION AND HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION

Thesis Submitted to The School of Engineering of the UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Master of Science in Bioengineering By Sally Louis Homsy Dayton, Ohio August, 2012 ABSTRACT PROCESSING ALGAL BIOMASS TO … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged ALGAL BIOMASS, HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION, oil extraction, RENEWABLE FUEL:, SFE, SFT-100, SFT-110, SFT-120, supercritical fluid extraction, supercritical fluids |

AP-187 – Supercritical fluid extraction for purification of waxes derived from polyethylene and polypropylene plastics

Yuxiang Yao a, Erin Chau a, Gisele Azimi a,b,⇑ a Laboratory for Strategic Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged Polyethylene wax, Polypropylene wax, Purification, recycling, Recycling Plastics, SFE, SFT, SFT-120, SFT-120XW, supercritical fluid extraction, Supercritical Fluid Technologies |

AP-185 – Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Nickel Metal Hydride Battery

Yuxiang Yao,† Nina F. Farac,† and Gisele Azimi*,†,‡ †Laboratory for Strategic Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Toronto, … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged Nickel metal hydride battery, Rare earth elements, recycling, SFE, SFT, SFT-120XW, SFT120, supercritical fluid extraction, Supercriticalfluid Technologies, Urban mining, Waste electrical and electronic equipment |

AP-184 – Recycling of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion battery of an electric vehicle using supercritical carbon dioxide

Jiakai Zhang a, Gisele Azimi a,b,* a Laboratory for Strategic Materials, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged battery recycling, CO2, cobalt, lithium, lithium-ion battery, recycling, recycling batteries, SFE, SFT, SFT-120, SFT-120XW, SFT120, supercritical carbon dioxide, supercritical fluid extraction, Supercritical Fluid Technologies |

AP-183 – Effect of organophosphorus ligands on supercritical extraction of neodymium from NdFeB magnet

Nattanai Kunanusonta, Jiakai Zhangb, Kimberly Watadab, Yusuke Shimoyamaa, Gisele Azimib,⁎ a Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, S1-33, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan b Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged CO2, COSMO-vac (vacancy) model, NdFeB magnet, Neodymium, Organophosphorus ligand, Rare earth element, SFE, SFT, SFT-120, SFT-120XW, SFT120, supercritical fluid extraction, Supercritical Fluid Technologies |

AP-182 – Urban mining of terbium, europium, and yttrium from real fluorescent lamp waste using supercritical fluid extraction: Process development and mechanistic investigation

Jiakai Zhang a, John Anawati a, Gisele Azimi a,b,* a Laboratory for Strategic Materials, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged CO2 extraction, Fluorescent lamp phosphors, Mechanical activation, Oscillation milling, Rare earth elements, SFE, SFT, SFT-120, SFT-120XW, supercritical fluid extraction, Supercritical Fluid Technologies, transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), UV visible spectroscopy, X-ray Photoelectron (XPS) |

Rapid, Safe Extraction of Fat from Dog Food with the SFT-120 SFE

The many dog foods available today are typically composed of protein, fat and carbohydrates. The percentages of these components vary from one brand to another. Sometime this is done to optimize one food for a specific purpose such as weight … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Releases | Tagged CO2 extraction, entry level SFE, extraction, fat extraction, green extraction, green technology, Nex10, SFE, SFT-120, SFT-120XW, SFT120, SFT120XW, supercritical fluids, veterinary science |

AP-180 – Production of high-purity phospholipid concentrate from buttermilk powder using ethanol-modified supercritical carbon dioxide

Ali Ubeyitogullari 1 and Syed S. H. Rizvi1,2* 1 Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 2 School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 ABSTRACT A new strategy to concentrate phospholipids from buttermilk powder … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged Ali Ubeyitogullari, buttermilk, ethanol, extraction, food science, phospholipid, Rizvi, SFE, SFT-250, supercritical carbon dioxide, Ubeyitogullari |

AP-178 – Extraction of High-Value Lipids and Phenolic Compounds from Sorghum Bran via a Sequential Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Approach

Arda Tuhanioglu and Ali Ubeyitogullari* ACS Food Sci. Technol. 2022, 2, 12, 1879–1887 Publication Date:November 24, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.2c00266 Copyright © 2022 American Chemical Society Sorghum bran, containing high-value lipids and phenolic compounds, is an underutilized food processing byproduct. This study … Continue reading →

Posted in Technical Notes | Tagged carbon dioxide, flavonoids, lipids, phenolic compounds, SFE, sorghum brands, supercritical fluid extraction, wax |

ACS Fall 2022

August 22-24, 2022Chicago, ILBooth 941#ACSFall2022

Posted in Conferences | Tagged ACSFall2022, extraction systems, SFE, SFT-120, supercriticalfluids |

New Product Release

SFT Nex10 High Pressure Carbon Dioxide Pump CO2 delivery for: • SF Extraction and Reaction Equipment• High Pressure Reaction Chemistry• Biomass Processing, Including Hempand Cannabis• Polymer Foaming• University Research and Teaching Supercritical Fluid Technologies, Inc. introduces the new Nex10 Liquid … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Releases, Uncategorized | Tagged biomass processing, carbon dioxide, CO2 Pump, extraction, high pressure chemistry, liquid CO2, polymer foaming, reaction, research, SFE, supercritical fluid extraction, supercritical fluids |