Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.40, No.1, 364-368, 2001
Desorption of ethyl acetate from adsorbent surfaces (organoclays) by supercritical carbon dioxide
Supercritical fluid extraction was used to regenerate organically modified montimorillonite-clay (hexadecyltrimethylammonium-clay and tetramethylammonium-clay), after it was used to adsorb ethyl acetate from aqueous solutions. The desorption of ethyl acetate adsorbed over the clays was performed with CO2 at temperatures ranging from 301 to 333 K and pressures ranging from 69.0 to 413.8 bar. A crossover effect was observed. The experimental data was fitted to a simple model, with the best results corresponding to desorption with CO2 in its supercritical region.