The use of environmentally sustainable bio-derived solvents in solvent extraction applications-A review

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2015.07.021

Abstract

Abstract: Replacement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by greener or more environmentally sustainable solvents is becoming increasingly important due to the increasing health and environmental concerns as well as economic pressures associated with VOCs. Solvents that are derived frombiomass, namely bio-derived solvents, are a type of green solvent that have attracted intensive investigations in recent years because of their advantages over conventional VOCs, such as lowtoxicity, biodegradability and renewability. This reviewaims to summarize the use of bio-derived solvents in solvent extraction applications, with special emphasis given to utilization of biodiesels and terpenes. Compared with the conventional VOCs, the overall performance of these bio-derived solvents is comparable in terms of extraction yields and selectivity for natural product extraction and no difference was found for metal extraction. To date most researchers have focused on laboratory scale thermodynamics studies. Futurework is required to develop and test newbio-derived solvents and understand the kinetic performance as well as solvent extraction pilot plant studies.

Key words: Solvent extraction, Bio-derived solvents, Green solvents, Biodiesels, Terpenes

Zheng Li, Kathryn H. Smith, Geoffrey W. Stevens. The use of environmentally sustainable bio-derived solvents in solvent extraction applications-A review[J]. , 2016, 24(2): 215-220.

Zheng Li, Kathryn H. Smith, Geoffrey W. Stevens. [J]. , 2016, 24(2): 215-220.

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