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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2012.50.4.684

A Study on the Extraction of Monasil PCA using Liquid CO2  

Cho, Dong Woo (School of Chemcial and Biological Engineering and Institute of Chemical Process, Seoul National University)
Oh, Kyoung Shil (LG Chem Research Park, Division of Chemicals & Polymer)
Bae, Won (R&D Institute, Miwon Specialty Chemical Co., Ltd.)
Kim, Hwayong (School of Chemcial and Biological Engineering and Institute of Chemical Process, Seoul National University)
Lee, Kab-Soo (Environmental System Engineering, Kimpo College)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.50, no.4, 2012 , pp. 684-689 More about this Journal
Abstract
Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) microspheres is one of the widely-used polymeric materials for the bio-field application and the electric materials. For the synthesis of PAA microspheres, the polymerization technique using surfactants is applied. After the synthesis, the purification and separation processes are required for the removal of surfactant. When general organic solvents were used, many problems, such as huge amount of waste solvent, additional separation processes, and the possibility of residual media, were occurred. Thus, High-pressure Soxhlet extraction using liquid $CO_2$ was developed to solve these problems. In this study, High-pressure Soxhlet extraction of the synthesized PAA microspheres using liquid $CO_2$ was conducted for the removal of Monasil PCA which is used for the dispersion polymerization of acrylic acid in compressed liquid Dimethyl ether (DME). The morphology of the extracted PAA particles was checked by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and the residual concentration of Monasil PCA was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES). For studying the effect of the solvent effect, Soxhlet extraction was conducted using n-hexane, liquid DME, and liquid $CO_2$. In case of n-hexane, some extracted PAA microspheres were produced. However, deformation was also occurred due to the high thermal energy of n-hexane vapor. Liquid DME could not remove Monasil PCA. When using liquid $CO_2$, the extracted PAA microspheres which were free for the residual solvent were produced without deformation. For finding the optimum operating condition, high-pressure Soxhlet extraction was conducted for 8 hours with changing the temperature of reboiler and condenser. When the extractor temperature is $19.6{\pm}0.2^{\circ}C$ and the pressure is $51.5{\pm}0.5$ bar, the best removal efficiency was obtained.
Keywords
Liquid $CO_2$; High-pressure Soxhlet Extraction; Poly(acrylic acid) Microspheres; PAA; Monasil PCA;
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