Determination of overall mass transfer coefficient of palm kernel extracted using supercritical carbon dioxide

• Main Authors: Norhuda, I., Mohd. Omar, A. K., Mohd. Azizi, C. Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resource Engineering, UTM 2008
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12273/1/INorhuda2008_DeterminationofOverallMassTransferCoefficient.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12273/

The purpose of the study was to determine the amount of Palm Kernel Oil (PKO) extracted from a packed bed of palm kernels in a supercritical fluid extractor using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-C02) as an environmental friendly solvent. Further, the study sought to ascertain the values of the over...