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Behavior of an organic solvent drop during the supercritical extraction of emulsions

  1. Facundo Mattea1,2,
  2. Ángel Martín1,2,3,*,
  3. Constantin Schulz4,
  4. Philip Jaeger4,
  5. Rudolf Eggers4,
  6. María José Cocero1,2

Article first published online: 23 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1002/aic.12061

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AIChE Journal

AIChE Journal

Volume 56, Issue 5, pages 1184–1195, May 2010

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Mattea, F., Martín, Á., Schulz, C., Jaeger, P., Eggers, R. and Cocero, M. J. (2010), Behavior of an organic solvent drop during the supercritical extraction of emulsions. AIChE J., 56: 1184–1195. doi: 10.1002/aic.12061

Author Information

  1. 1

    High Pressure Processes Group, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid 47011, Spain

  2. 2

    Universidad de Valladolid, Facultad de Ciencias, Prado de la Magdalena s/n, Valladolid 47011, Spain

  3. 3

    Lehrstuhl für Verfahrenstechnische Transportprozesse, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany

  4. 4

    Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Process Engineering II, Heat and Mass Transfer, Eiβendorfer Str. 38, 21073, Hamburg, Germany

*High Pressure Processes Group, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid 47011, Spain

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 APR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 23 OCT 2009
  3. Manuscript Revised: 22 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 25 MAY 2009

Funded by

  • Spanish Ministry of Science and Education. Grant Numbers: CTQ2006-02099, ERT EPSS 007767 PROBIOMAT project
  • National Starch Food Innovation (Hamburg, Germany)
  • Hamburg University of Technology (Germany)
  • Alexander von Humboldt foundation (Germany)

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