Supercritical Fluid Evaluation and Extraction of Phenol from Sugarcane Bagasse Pyrolysis Oil

Abstract

This paper presents a simple method to assess the cost of extracting group of phenols from bio-oil derived from pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse and the incidental profits by employing by what has herein evolved as Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) technology. Further, cost-cum-profit optimization has been done considering minimization of batch time and enhanced purity as the contributive parameters based on experimental results. However, it is acknowledged that the solute extracted using supercritical carbon dioxide in this process is generally significantly different from solute extracted using other conventional alternatives as regards both purity of, and components in, such other extracts. The extract obtained through SFE route deserves to be recognized as an updated, yet distinct, product vis-a-vis conventional/traditional extracts currently available commercially.