Supercritical-fluid extraction of oil-palm components

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Publikationsdatum
1995-03
Sprache
English
Author
Birtigh, Andreas 
Johannsen, Monika orcid-logo
Brunner, Gerd 
Nair, Narendran 
Institut
Thermische Verfahrenstechnik V-8 
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/4704
Enthalten in
The journal of supercritical fluids 
Volume
8
Issue
1
Start Page
46
End Page
50
Citation
The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 1 (8): 46-50 (1995)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/0896-8446(95)90049-7
Residue from the mechanical processing of palm oil was treated with supercritical-fluid extraction (SFE) to extract carotenes. This was done at different extraction conditions. Also, leaves of palm oil trees were extracted using supercritical fluid to gain high concentrations of tocopherols in the extract. The aim of these SFE experiments was to evaluate whether either the carotene or tocopherol contents of the extracts were sufficiently high enough to allow downstream processing of these waste products. In addition, solubility data for α-tocopherol in supercritical carbon dioxide in a density range of 220-930 kg m-3 were measured. © 1995.
Schlagworte
carotenes
palm oil
solubility
supercritical-fluid extraction
tocopherols
DDC Class
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften