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    Preparative chromatography with supercritical fluids. Comparison of simulated moving bed and batch processes
    Preparative chromatography is a key technology for the separation of fine chemicals in production scale. Most of the published studies are carried out using liquid solvents as mobile phase. However, the used organic solvents can often be replaced by supercritical fluids. A reduction or renouncement of organic solvents does not only correspond to the trend of the so-called green chemistry-a sustainable, environmentally friendly production of chemical products. But a changeover to chromatography with supercritical fluids can also be reasonable under economic criteria. In this contribution a comparison between the Batch-supercritical fluid chromatography (Batch-SFC) process and the simulated moving bed (SMB)-SFC process is presented. Because of the minor importance of solvent consumption and solvent recovery in SFC, the separation systems were optimized primarily in terms of their specific productivity. For three of the four investigated model systems, the specific productivity of the SMB process is significantly higher than the productivity of the Batch process. Due to the fact, that the process with the higher specific productivity is not inevitably the more economical process, supplementary the costs of the process were considered. Therefore the comparison of the two processes was done from an economic point of view considering the minimum product price that has to be realized to fulfill the defined economic aim. It was found that although the optimized specific productivities of the SMB process were significantly higher than the productivities of the Batch process, the Batch process is the more profitable process for the investigated production rate range between 0.4 and 5 t/a.
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    Modeling of Simulated Moving-bed Chromatography
    (2007-02-23)
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    Adsorption equilibria of α- and δ-tocopherol from supercritical mixtures of carbon dioxide and 2-propanol onto silica by means of perturbation chromatography
    (Science Direct, 2007-02-13) ; ;
    For the determination of adsorption isotherms of dissolved components from supercritical fluids, an experimental equipment has been constructed. It consists of a fluid preparation and two chromatographic units with UV detector and pressure expansion. The equipment allows the performance of peak experiments (injecting samples onto an empty column) as well as perturbation experiments (perturbing the equilibrium in a saturated column). Adsorption isotherms of α- and δ-tocopherol on two unmodified silica gels were determined at a temperature of 313.15 K and pressures of 16.1, 20.0, and 26.1 MPa, respectively. Fluid phase was CO2 with 2-propanol (weight fraction 0.05) as modifier. Parameters of a cubic Hill isotherm were fitted to the data. Ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) was applied for prediction of mixture adsorption. Applicability of IAST was tested with perturbation chromatographic experiments using different mixtures. All isotherms show anti-Langmuir behaviour (concave shaped isotherms). These results agree with literature data. Competitive adsorption was successfully predicted by means of the IAS theory.
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    Management and control of modifier content in preparative SFC solvent cycles
    The objective of this work was to establish a solvent cycle with a possibility for modifier control in a preparative supercritical fluid chromatography simulated moving bed plant (SFC-SMB). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and flame ionization detection (FID) have been investigated for measuring alcohol concentrations in supercritical carbon dioxide. The integration of these in-line techniques into a modifier control schema allowed the operation of a closed loop SFC-SMB cycle. The applicability of the developed control concept for usage of 2-propanol in supercritical carbon dioxide has been verified by an experimental test series involving an eight column SFC-SMB plant. Different process variations have been compared in terms of energy and solvent consumption. Hereby, savings of almost all CO2 and 76% modifier could be achieved.
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    Influence of 2-propanol on adsorption equilibria of α- And δ-tocopherol from supercritical carbon dioxide on silica gel
    Knowledge of thermodynamic functions describing adsorption isotherms is of much importance for the design and optimization of adsorption processes. This work deals with the investigation of the adsorption behavior under the influence of a modifier. The experimental setup consisted of two supercritical fluid chromatography units. Adsorption isotherms of α- and δ-tocopherol were determined at a pressure of 20 MPa and a temperature of 313 K. The stationary phase was an unmodified silica gel, and supercritical carbon dioxide was used as the mobile phase. The modifier 2-propanol was added to the mobile phase in contents of 4.6, 5.5, and 6.5% mass fraction. The experimental results of pure substances were described with cubic Hill isotherms. The adsorption equilibria of the mixture were predicted with the ideal adsorbed solution theory and verified with experimentally determined data.
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    New aspects on adsorption from supercritical fluid phases
    Adsorption from a high pressure gaseous phase, containing as one major component a supercritical fluid is discussed. The fundamentals are presented as a basis of the modelling of the adsorption equilibria. Experimental techniques for determination of adsorption isotherms are presented and examples are given. The modelling of the adsorption isotherms is an essential aspect, e.g. since during application in a chromatographic process, multiple processes of adsorption and desorption are occurring, which are influenced by kinetics, but are mainly determined by thermodynamic equilibrium. In this work the modelling is carried out using the adsorption isotherm proposed by Hill. The application of adsorption processes comprises recovery from the gas phase. Decaffeination and purification of synthetic tocopherol acetate are presented as examples. For the separation of tocopherols and sterols (from natural sources) the selective action of a sequence of adsorption and desorption steps is further discussed. Then, the application of preparative supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) is investigated. The elution chromatography is compared to the simulated moving bed technology (SMB-SFC).
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    Enantioseparation of 1-phenyl-1-propanol by supercritical fluid-simulated moving bed chromatography
    The enantioseparation of 1-phenyl-1-propanol through the supercritical fluid-simulated moving bed (SF-SMB) process is studied. Non-linear isotherms were measured on an analytical column, and used together with the triangle theory for SMB design to select operating conditions for the SF-SMB. Experiments were carried out on a pilot-scale SF-SMB plant at conditions that corresponded to the non-linear range of the isotherm. Under conditions of low feed concentration, complete separation (extract purity=99.5%; raffinate purity=98.4%) was achieved. Under conditions of larger feed concentration, the best separation corresponded to an extract purity of 98.0% and a raffinate purity of 94.0%, and yielded a productivity of 110g of racemate per kg stationary phase per day.
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    Separation of ibuprofen enantiomers by supercritical fluid simulated moving bed chromatography
    The continuous separation of R(-)-ibuprofen and S(+)-ibuprofen by supercritical fluid simulated moving bed chromatography has been developed. First, experiments were performed at a low concentration level. Therefore, a starting set of operating parameters was calculated using the "triangle theory," which has been developed in the frame of equilibrium theory. Subsequently, the feed concentration was increased. A dynamic simulation program, based on a plug flow model with axial dispersion and linear mass transfer resistance, was used to predict the effect of operating variables on the process performance. Adsorption isotherms were determined with the elution by a characteristic point method. The experimental results were compared both with the model predictions based on the triangle theory and with the results of simulations.
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    Separation of enantiomers of ibuprofen on chiral stationary phases by packed column supercritical fluid chromatography
    (Elsevier, 2001-10-17)
    A packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) method for the separation of ibuprofen enantiomers on a chiral stationary phase and CO2 with modifier as mobile phase has been developed at an analytical scale. Among 11 different stationary phases the Kromasil CHI-TBB phase showed by far the best separation properties. The influence of different modifiers, injection solvents, temperature, and pressure, and density of the fluid, respectively, on the separation behavior has been studied. It was found that the separation behavior strongly depends on the type of modifier and the modifier content. Temperature and pressure are of less influence.
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