Covering the latest technologies in process engineering, this handbook and ready reference features high pressure processing, alternative solvents and processes, extraction technologies and biotransformations -- describing greener, more efficient and sustainable techniques. The result is an expert account of engineering details from lab-scale experiments to large-scale industrial design. The major focus is on the engineering aspects of extraction with organic andsupercritical solvents, ionic liquids or surfactant solutions, and is supplemented by aspects of both up- and downstream processing, biotransformation, as well as a survey of typical products in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. This is rounded off by market developments, economic considerations and regulations requirements in the field. Authored by experts from leading industrial and academic institutions, this is essential reading for the hands-onscientist and office manager alike. INDICE: NATURAL PRODUCT EXTRACTION FROM PLANTS, AN OVERVIEW Introduction Solvents Techniques Equipment Outlook EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY Introduction Theoretical Basics Experimental Procedures Theoretical Modeling and Scale-Up Industrial Extraction Equipment Further Developments Upstream and Downstream Processing Examples PROCESS ENGINEERING AND MINI-PLANT TECHNIQUE Introduction Screening Methods and Process Evaluation Downstream Processing Process Techniques SOLUBILITY PREDICTION OF COMPLEX NATURAL AND PHRAMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS Introduction Solubility Calculation Thermodynamic Modeling Examples HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING Introduction Praparation, Extraction, Purification and Formulation Apparatusand Process Concepts Current Applications and Future Development ALTERNATIVE SOLVENTS Introduction Non-Surfactant Systems Surfactant Systems BIOCATALYSIS AND BIOTRANSFORMATION - USEFUL TOOLS IN ISOLATION OF NATURAL PRODUCTS Introduction Vascular Plants and Algae as Resources Perspectives: Plant Cell Culture NATURAL PRODUCTS - MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIALS Food Applications Pharmaceutical Applications REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
- ISBN: 978-3-527-32504-7
- Editorial: Wiley-VCH
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 20/04/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés