Use of subcritical CO2 for production of ultrafine particles by pressure reduction of gas-expanded organic liquids

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5696-5707

  Dalvi, Sameer V ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Mamata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; EXPANDED LIQUID; GAS-EXPANDED; GAS-EXPANDED LIQUIDS; HIGH-PRESSURE VESSEL; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANIC LIQUID; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PRESSURE REDUCTION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SIZE RANGES; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; SUBCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ACETONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANOL; LIQUIDS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 67650035060     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900132r     Document Type: Article

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