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Fixed oil seed products from novel crops by compressed carbon dioxide extraction routes: (SEEDEX)
Reference
CIM11751
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Jonathan Seville
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Bushra Al-Duri
,
Dr Regina Santos
Institution
University of Birmingham
Department
Chemical Engineering
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
145,056
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/10/1999
End date
01/10/2002
Duration
36 months
Abstract
This collaborative study involves the use of compressed CO2 for the commercial scale extraction of very long chain essential fatty acid derivatives from the seeds of lunaria, echium and borage and (possibly) the separation of the components in lunaria oils. The seed is very expensive to produce due to poor crop yields and very high recovery is necessary. Consequently, good pretreatment of the seed is essential and fundamental research into the changes in the seed microstructure, which occur during pretreatment and subsequent extraction is proposed. Optimum pretreatment-methods will be sought and scale up procedures will be used to evaluate operating conditions for the commercial units available to the group. (Joint funded with EPSRC.)
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
LINK: Competitive Industrial Materials (CIM) [1998-2002]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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