Supercritical fluid extraction and separation of coffe active principle / Extração e recuperação dos principios ativos do cafe utilizando fluidos supercriticos

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2005

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Active principles obtained from natural products are widely used as raw materials for a large number of cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food products. The recovery of these compounds by conventional processes is laborious and in many cases may cause irreversible damages. The versatile supercritical solvents technology rises as an alternative to these processes. The aim of this work is the application of supercritical solvents technology, using co-solvents (methanol, ethanol and isopropanol) and adsorption columns (packed with silica-gel or anion-exchange resins) for the extraction and recovery of oil, caffeine and chlorogenic acids from green coffee beans. This work also includes the project and building, with own technology, of a modular multipurpose extraction apparatus for the design and accomplishment of processes until 60 MPa. The proposed process is based on the sequential steps of extraction and separation using adsorption columns and changes in solvent polarity. The obtained results show high extraction yields and separation factors of the compounds. The green coffee oil extraction yields isalmost 90%, caffeine almost 100%, and chlorogenic acids almost 82%. Chromatographic analysis of the refined oil show that the disired refine level was achieved and that caffeine and chlorogenic acids can be concentrated and recovered by adsorption I dessorption steps ...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations

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cafeina extração com fluido supercritico oleo de cafe coffee oil adsorção caffeine supercritical fluid extraction adsorption cafe coffee

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