Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Food legislation and the scope for increased use of near-critical fluid extraction operations in the food, flavouring and pharmaceutical industries

Chapter 3 Other uses for near-critical solvents: chemical reaction and recrystallisation in near-critical solvents

Chapter 4 Commercial scale extraction of alpha-acids and hop oils with compressed CO 2

Chapter 5 Commercial scale decaffeination of coffee and tea using supercritical CO2

Chapter 6 Extraction of flavours and fragrances with compressed CO 2

Chapter 7 Physico-chemical data required for the design of near-critical fluid extraction process

Chapter 8 Design and operation of the pressure vessels used in near-critical extraction processes

Chapter 9 Pumps and compressors for supercritical extraction: design, characteristics and installation