Monthly Archives: March 2023

Optimizing Sunflower Seed Oil Extraction with the SFT-120 SFE

Sunflower seeds are rich in oil that contains high levels of Vitamin E and low in saturated fats. This has led to its favor in the food industry. The SFT-120 SFE has been used to investigate ways to efficiently extract … Continue reading

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AP-188 – PROCESSING ALGAL BIOMASS TO RENEWABLE FUEL: OIL EXTRACTION AND HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION

Thesis Submitted to The School of Engineering of the UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Master of Science in Bioengineering By Sally Louis Homsy Dayton, Ohio August, 2012 ABSTRACT PROCESSING ALGAL BIOMASS TO … Continue reading

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AP-187 – Supercritical fluid extraction for purification of waxes derived from polyethylene and polypropylene plastics

Yuxiang Yao a, Erin Chau a, Gisele Azimi a,b,⇑ a Laboratory for Strategic Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 … Continue reading

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AP-186 – Aeriometallurgical Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from a NdFeB Magnet Utilizing Supercritical Fluids

Jiakai Zhang,† John Anawati,† Yuxiang Yao,† and Gisele Azimi*,†,‡ †Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Laboratory for Strategic Materials, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, … Continue reading

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AP-185 – Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Nickel Metal Hydride Battery

Yuxiang Yao,† Nina F. Farac,† and Gisele Azimi*,†,‡ †Laboratory for Strategic Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 College Street, Toronto, … Continue reading

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AP-184 – Recycling of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion battery of an electric vehicle using supercritical carbon dioxide

Jiakai Zhang a, Gisele Azimi a,b,* a Laboratory for Strategic Materials, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 184 … Continue reading

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AP-183 – Effect of organophosphorus ligands on supercritical extraction of neodymium from NdFeB magnet

Nattanai Kunanusonta, Jiakai Zhangb, Kimberly Watadab, Yusuke Shimoyamaa, Gisele Azimib,⁎ a Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, S1-33, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan b Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 … Continue reading

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AP-182 – Urban mining of terbium, europium, and yttrium from real fluorescent lamp waste using supercritical fluid extraction: Process development and mechanistic investigation

Jiakai Zhang a, John Anawati a, Gisele Azimi a,b,* a Laboratory for Strategic Materials, University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University … Continue reading

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