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.

This book will be an invaluable guide to students, professors, scientists and R&D industrial specialists working in the field of sustainable chemistry, organic, analytical, chemical engineering, environmental and pharmaceutical sciences.

Key Features

Provides a broad overview of switchable solvents in sustainable chemical processes

Compares the use of switchable solvents as greener solvents over conventional solvents

Outlines eco-friendly organic synthesis and chemical processes using switchable solvents

Lists various industrial separations/extraction processes using switchable solvents