Dynamic and Static Pilot Plant Scale Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Brucea Javanica Seed: Towards Zero Waste Biorefinery

This study addresses the increased demand for health products amid the COVID-19 pandemic by proposing supercritical CO2 (Sc-CO2) extraction as an environmentally friendly alternative to Soxhlet extraction for Brucea javanica oil (BJO). Optimal Sc-CO2 conditions yielded comparable oil (17.6%) with su...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheah, Siang Aun
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96225