Preface
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I H E U T I L I Z A T I O N O F S U P E R C R I T I C A L F L U I D (SCF) science and technol-
ogy has changed significantly over the past two decades from an early emphasis on extractions in the petroleum and chemical industries to applications in the food, personal care, and environmental remediation industries. However, only a relatively small number of commercial-scale plants are now in operation, and this fact indicates that the potential of this field has not been fully realized. The focus of much recent research in the SCF area has been of an interdisciplinary nature with emphasis on the measurement of high-quality, fundamental data. As a result, the potential now exists for the development of a variety of innovative applications, as evidenced by the recent scientific literature and conferences in this area. This volume was developed from a selection of papers presented at one of these recent conferences, the "Symposium on Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology" held as part of the 1994 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in San Francisco, California, in November, 1994. The chapters were selected to represent the breadth of the innovative applications that are currently being investigated within this field, and to reflect the diversity of papers presented at the symposium. This volume spans the range of research from fundamental aspects of supercritical fluid science to developmental aspects of the technology for commercial applications. The first chapter provides an overview of the field of supercritical fluid science and technology by discussing the significance of accurate fundamental solubility data in the scale-up process and by presenting selected representative examples of recent innovations in the field. This is followed by a section containing chapters that describe both fundamental research on molecular interactions and simulations as well as experimental and theoretical aspects of relevant phase behavior. The second section presents examples of research on chemical and catalytic transformations in supercritical fluid media. The third section includes chapters on various topics and applications of the technology, such as supercritical water oxidation for the total oxidative destruction of hazardous wastes. The final section presents a review of applications in the forest products industry and several chapters representative of innovations in this area.
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About the cover The cover design symbolizes the experiments conducted by L . Cailletet (1891) in which high pressures were generated with a mercury-filled tube extending to the top of the Eiffel Tower. This design is a tribute to the creativity and innovation demonstrated by the early researchers in the field.
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Acknowledgments We thank the authors and speakers for their valuable contributions in presenting papers at the symposium and preparing chapters for this book. We thank the reviewers for their careful evaluations and valuable suggestions for improving the quality of these chapters. We also extend our appreciation to Lori Boock, Joan Brennecke, Pablo Debenedetti, Esin Gulari, Keith Johnston, Erdogan Kiran, Rich Lemert, Kraemer Luks, Mac Radosz, Ted Randolph, Anneke Sengers, Jeff Tester, and David Tomasko for chairing the symposium sessions. Finally, we thank Michelle Althuis, the A C S Books Acquisitions Editor for this volume, who patiently guided us through the process of preparing this book. KEITH W. HUTCHENSON DuPont Central Research and Development Experimental Station P.O. Box 80304 Wilmington, DE 19880-0304 NEIL R. FOSTER School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales 2052 Australia July 24, 1995
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