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Industrial Feasibility of Natural Products Extraction with Microwave Technology
Author(s) -
Ciriminna Rosaria,
Carnaroglio Diego,
Delisi Riccardo,
Arvati Stefano,
Tamburino Alfredo,
Pagliaro Mario
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201600075
Subject(s) - extraction (chemistry) , distillation , microwave irradiation , process engineering , microwave heating , microwave , waste management , environmental science , biomass (ecology) , pulp and paper industry , biochemical engineering , computer science , chromatography , engineering , chemistry , telecommunications , oceanography , geology
The industrial extraction of natural products based on microwave irradiation of plant material and volumetric heating is now an industrial reality. Besides significant reduction in waste generation, manufacturing biomass extracts via microwave‐assisted extraction (MAE) leads to such technical, economic, and environmental benefits whose entity, we argue, will end the distillation era of solid‐liquid extraction using hydrocarbon solvents.