This book provides deep insights about the fundamentals, applications and perspectives of the use of supercritical CO2 as solvent and antisolvent for biorefinering.

Inhalt

1. Supercritical fluid biorefining using supercritical CO2 as an antisolvent for micronization, coprecipitation and fractionation: Fundamentals, Processing and effect of process conditions.- 2. Supercritical fluid biorefining using supercritical CO2 as an antisolvent for micronization, coprecipitation and fractionation: Recent applications.- 3. Integrated biorefinery approach for the valorization of plant materials using supercritical antisolvent-based precipitation technique for obtaining bioactive compounds.- 4. Perspectives on vanillin production from sugarcane-bagasse lignin using supercritical CO2 as an solvent in an novel integrated second generation ethanol biorefinery.- 5. Novel biorefinery concept for the production of carotenoids from microalgae using lignocellulose-based biorefinery products and supercritical fluids.