Drying of low-rank coal (LRC)—a review of recent patents and innovations

H Osman, SV Jangam, JD Lease… - Drying Technology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Despite being geographically dispersed, abundant, and accounting for almost half of the
world's coal reserves, low-rank coals (LRCs) find limited use due to their high moisture …

The use of dimethyl ether as an organic extraction solvent for biomass applications in future biorefineries: A user-oriented review

MC Bauer, A Kruse - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In the recent years the global demand for biomass derived valuables has increased.
Dimethyl ether (DME) showed to be a promising green solvent to access a broad spectrum …

Extraction of carotenoids and lipids from algae by supercritical CO2 and subcritical dimethyl ether

M Goto, H Kanda, S Machmudah - The journal of supercritical Fluids, 2015 - Elsevier
Algae contain lipids and functional compounds such as carotenoids. Especially, microalgae
are recently focused as a source of biofuel. To extract these components, organic solvent or …

Food preservation by freezing

MS Rahman, JF Velez-Ruiz - Handbook of food preservation, 2007 - api.taylorfrancis.com
CONTENTS 26.1 Freezing in Biological Materials.............................................................................
..................... 636 26.2 Mode of Preserving Action …

Solvent-driven fractional crystallization for atom-efficient separation of metal salts from permanent magnet leachates

C Stetson, D Prodius, H Lee, C Orme, B White… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
This work reports a dimethyl ether-driven fractional crystallization process for separating rare
earth elements and transition metals. The process has been successfully applied in the …

Lipids extracted from several species of natural blue–green microalgae by dimethyl ether: extraction yield and properties

H Kanda, P Li, T Ikehara, M Yasumoto-Hirose - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently, the authors proposed a simple method for the extraction of lipid from high-moisture
microalgae by using dimethyl ether (DME) without drying, cell disruption, and heating of the …

Simple extraction method of green crude from natural blue-green microalgae by dimethyl ether

H Kanda, P Li - Fuel, 2011 - Elsevier
By using dimethyl ether as extractant, the green crude was successfully extracted from high-
moisture natural blue-green microalgae (91.0% of water content) with a high extraction …

Enhancement of dewatering from oily sludge by addition of alcohols as cosolvents with dimethyl ether

B Mu, W Zhu, J Sun, J Zhong, R Wang, X Wang… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The oil industry produces a large amount of oily sludge (OS) annually, posing a severe
environmental hazard. Conventional OS treatments are limited in industrial applications …

Class-based separations of mixed solid–liquid systems with condensable solvent washing and extraction: The dilemma of pizza box recycling

H Lee, C Stetson, CJ Orme, MW Kuns, JA Lacey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
As primary feedstocks deplete across the world, raw material extraction becomes
increasingly expensive. Awareness of the environmental impact of primary extraction has …

Solute displacement in the aqueous phase of water–NaCl–organic ternary mixtures relevant to solvent-driven water treatment

JS McNally, ZH Foo, A Deshmukh, CJ Orme… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Twelve water miscible organic solvents (MOS): acetone, tetrahydrofuran, isopropanol,
acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, 1, 4-dioxane, dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone …