Supercritical and Other High-pressure Solvent Systems

Andrew J Hunt is the Scientific Leader of the alternative solvent technology platform at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, the University of York, UK. His research interests include elemental sustainability, solvents, supercritical fluids, waste utilisation and biorefineries.

Introduction to High-pressure Solvent Systems;

Understanding Entrainer Effects in Supercritical CO2;

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Lipophilic Molecules;

Subcritical Water: Current Status, Advances, and Applications for Extractions, Reactions and Separations;

Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC);

Heterogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide;

Biocatalysis in Supercritical and Liquid Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide-expanded Liquids;

Selective Hydrogenation in Carbon Dioxide-dissolved Expanded Liquid Phases;

Electrochemistry in Supercritical Fluids;

Materials Processing and Recycling with Near- and Supercritical CO2-based Solvents;

Solubility and Synthesis of Polymers Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide;

Incorporation of Drugs and Metals into Aerogels Using Supercritical Fluids;

Mathematical Modelling and Computation for Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions;

The Engineering of Continuous Hydrothermal/Solvothermal Synthesis of Nanomaterials;

The Chemistry of Continuous Hydrothermal/Solvothermal Synthesis of Nanomaterials;

Supercritical Water Oxidation: The Next Generation for Abatement of Unrecyclable Waste of Hazardous Nature and Complex Composition;

Gas Expanded-liquids;

Use of Water and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in Novel Methodologies for Biomass Processing;

Hydrothermal Events Occurring During Gasification in Supercritical Water;

Sub- and Supercritical Water Hydrolysis Applied to Agri-food Residues;

Applications of Fluids at Supercritical Pressure in the Area of Power Generation – Movements Towards Economically-viable Clean Energy