High Pressure Process Technology: Fundamentals and Applications (Hardcover)

Preface. Contents. List of contributors. Introduction. Thermodynamic properties at high pressure. Kinetic properties at high pressure. Design and construction of high pressure equipment for research and production. Industrial reaction units. Separation operations and equipment. Safety and control in high pressure plant design and operation. Economics of high pressure processes. Applications. Chemical reactions in supercritical solvents (SCFs). Enzymatic reactions. Hydrogenation under supercritical single-stage conditions. Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO). application to industrial wastewater treatment. High pressure polymerisation with metallocene catalysts. Supercritical fluid extraction and fractionation from solid materials. High pressure polymer processing. Precipitation of solids with dense gases. Pharmaceutical processing with supercritical fluids. Treating microorganisms with high pressure. Dry cleaning with liquid carbon dioxide. References.