High Pressure Process Technology: Fundamentals and Applications [1 ed.] 9780080533940, 9780444504982, 0444504982

Table of contents :
Content:
Preface
Pages v-vii
Alberto Bertucco, Gerhard Vetter

Contents
Pages ix-xx

List of contributors
Pages xxi-xxiii

Chapter 1 Introduction
Pages 1-15
G. Vetter

Chapter 2 Thermodynamic properties at high pressure Original Research Article
Pages 17-63
I. Kikic, T.W. De Loos

Chapter 3 Kinetic properties at high pressure Original Research Article
Pages 65-140
G. Luft, F. Recasens, E. Velo

Chapter 4 Design and construction of high-pressure equipment for research and production Original Research Article
Pages 141-242
G. Vetter, G. Luft, S. Maier

Chapter 5 Industrial reaction units Original Research Article
Pages 243-350
G. Luft, A. Laurent, F. Recasens, F. Trabelsi, G. Weickert

Chapter 6 Separation operations and equipment Original Research Article
Pages 351-403
A. Laurent, E. Lack, T. Gamse, R. Marr

Chapter 7 Safety and control in high pressure plant design and operation Original Research Article
Pages 405-435
G. Luft, S. Maier, G. Luft, E. Lack, H. Seidlitz

Chapter 8 Economics of high pressure processes Original Research Article
Pages 437-471
E. Lack, H. Seidlitz, G. Luft, A. Bertucco, A. Striolo, F. Zanette

Chapter 9 Applications: 9.1 Chemical reactions in supercritical solvents (SCFs) Original Research Article
Pages 473-485
M. Poliakoff, N. Meehan

9.2. Enzymatic reactions Original Research Article
Pages 486-495
. Knez, T. Gamse, R. Marr

9.3 Hydrogenation under supercritical single-phase conditions Original Research Article
Pages 496-508
M. Härröd, M.-B. Macher, S. van den Hark, P. Møller

9.4 Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO). Application to industrial wastewater treatment Original Research Article
Pages 509-526
M.J. Cocero

9.5 High-pressure polymerization with metallocene catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 527-536
G. Luft

9.6 Supercritical fluid extraction and fractionation from solid materials Original Research Article
Pages 537-575
E. Lack, B. Simándi

9.7 High pressure polymer processing Original Research Article
Pages 576-586
L. Kleintjens

9.8 Precipitation of solids with dense gases Original Research Article
Pages 587-611
ſ. Knez, E. Weidner

9.9 Pharmaceutical processing with supercritical fluids Original Research Article
Pages 612-625
N. Elvassore, I. Kikic

9.10 Treating micro-organisms with high pressure Original Research Article
Pages 626-640
A. Bertucco, S. Spilimbergo

9.11 Dry-cleaning with liquid carbon dioxide Original Research Article
Pages 641-649
Paolo Pallado

Subject index
Pages 651-659