How to Start Production with Supercritical Extraction?
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The wide range of uses of supercritical fluid technology, the demand for natural products, and the increasing interest in sustainable and environmentally friendly processing technologies make this technology increasingly prominent. We too; For our esteemed and potential business partners, we have explained the steps to go through in order to start a feasible-feasible production with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction Systems.
First of all, we will list the usage areas of the system in general and move on to the stages.
- Extraction of oil and active pharmaceutics ingredient from medicinal aromatic plants
- Obtaining drug active ingredient from medical cannabis
- Fragrance and Aroma extraction,
- Extraction of vitamins.
- Propolis extraction (pure propolis extraction) Raw Honey extraction
- Edible oil extraction from oil seeds
- Functional foods & Nutraceuticals
- Extraction of active ingredients from natural products,
- High pressure sterilization
- Separation of caffeine from tea and coffee,
- Production of reduced fat food products,
- Extraction of fatty acids from natural oils (fish oil etc.),
- Obtaining value-added products from food waste,
- Production of natural color substances (pigment),
- Algae extraction (Bio product /Biodiesel Application)
- Removal of nicotine and tar from tobacco,
- Aerogel Drying Process,
- Production of natural cosmetic raw materials,
- Production of food supplements and OTC raw materials
SFE Advantages (Advantages of using CO2 in extraction):
- No organic solvent is used, so no pollution.
- High selectivity and high gathering of product.
- Low temperature extraction.
- Easy to separate product from CO2.
- No emission of exhaust gas, waste residue or sewage.
- CO2 is non-toxic,
- It is not flammable or explosive,
- There is no risk of oxidation,
- There is no risk of leaving residue,
- It is an accessible and cheap gas,
- Critical temperature (31.0 °C) and pressure (73.8 bar) are low,
- It can be recovered and used over and over again,
- Accompanying co-solvents (Co-Solvent), ethanol, water, etc. available.
Extraction
- Food: Pepper, Prickly ash, Walnut, Ginger, Garlic, Nutmeg, Perilla seed, cinnamon, cumin, coffee, hops, etc.
- Cosmetics: Rose, lavender, aloe, sage, lemongrass, etc.
- Health & Medicinal Products: Cannabis, Artemisinin, Astaxanthin, Medlar, sea buckthorn, Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, tea, turmeric, egg yolk, lycopene, Chinese angelica, magnolia powder, Shikonin, etc.
- Bio pesticide: Pyrethrum, Neem, derris, etc.
- Drying : Aerogel insulation material manufacture
Features
- Low thermal conductivity.
- Low density.
- High porosity.
- Nanomaterial (Nano particle Production/ formation)
Dyeing Features:
- Shorter dyeing time.
- No drying after dyeing.
- No water consumption or sewage discharge.
- No consumption of dyeing additives.
Key Technical Parameters:
- General Configuration: 1/2/3 Extractor(s) +2/3 Separators (more as optional)
- & Pressure controlled Separator (optional)
- MOC of process vessel and separator: SS304 & SS 316 (Optional)
- Single Extractor Volume: 500 ml ~1000L (multi vessels attachments in single machine is possible with attachments)
- Highest Working Pressure: 35Mpa/50Mpa (345 bar standard, while 500 Bar/720 bar (Optional)
- Highest Working Temperature: 70°C standard / 100 °C (Optional)
- Control Mode: Mechanical/Automatic
- Pressure Precision: ±0.1MPa
- Temperature Precision: ±1℃.
- CO2 Liquefaction Unit (including) to continuous supply of CO2 in pump (Optional).
- Co-Solvent Pump (0-10 ml/min) Pneumatic Driving (Optional)
- Mass Optimization Module to optimize Extract & CO2 rate (Optional)
- Liquid trapping feature.
- CO2 Recycling features available for system with 1 Liter or more capacity to save process CO2 & minimize the recurring cost/ processing cost.
Substances Suitable for SFE
- Volatile Oils, Coumarins, Lignanoids, Terpenes, Alkaloids, Quinones, Glycosides, Phospholipids, Polysaccharides, Fatty oils.