Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science
Switchable Solvents

Covers the properties of switchable solvents and their application in catalysis, chemical processes and separation technologies

Inamuddin (Edited by), Rajender Boddula (Edited by), Abdullah M. Asiri (Edited by)

9780128198506, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 22 November 2021

240 pages
23.5 x 19 x 1.6 cm, 0.45 kg

Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Switchable Solvents explores the preparation, properties, chemical processes and applications of this class of green solvents. The book provides an in-depth overview on the area of switchable solvents in various industrial applications, focusing on the purification and extraction of chemical compounds utilizing green chemistry protocols that include liquid-liquid, solid-liquid, liquid-gas and lipids separation technologies. In addition, it includes recent advances in greener extraction and separation processes.

1. Basic, synthesis and solvatochromic parameters in switchable solvents
2. Switchable solvents as alterative solvents for green chemistry
3. Switchable water
4. Switchable hydrophilicity solvents
5. Switchable polarity solvents
6. Switchable solvents for lipid extraction
7. Switchable solvents for gas-liquid extraction
8. Switchable solvents for liquid-liquid extraction
9. CO2-responsive switchable solvents
10. Switchable solvents for osmosis
11. Switchable solvents for catalysis
12. Nanomaterial synthesis in switchable solvents
13. Switchable solvents for CO2 capture
14. Switchable solvents for solid-liquid separation
15. Switchable solvents for bio-refinery applications
16. Switchable solvents for organic synthesis
17. Switchable solvents for industrial applications
18. State of the art and perspectives of switchable solvents

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB]