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Microwave assisted hydro-distillation of essential oils from fresh ginger root (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) (2017)
Journal Article
Racoti, A., Buttress, A., Binner, E., Dodds, C., Trifan, A., & Calinescu, I. (2017). Microwave assisted hydro-distillation of essential oils from fresh ginger root (Zingiber officinale Roscoe). Journal of Essential Oil Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2017.1360216

A solvent free in situ microwave hydro-distillation method for extraction of essential oil from fresh ginger root it presented. Extraction was conducted in a TE10n single-mode microwave cavity and variable power 2 kW generator operating at 2.45GHz. T... Read More about Microwave assisted hydro-distillation of essential oils from fresh ginger root (Zingiber officinale Roscoe).

New insights into the role of selective and volumetric heating during microwave extraction: investigation of the extraction of polyphenolic compounds from sea buckthorn leaves using microwave-assisted extraction and conventional solvent extraction (2017)
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Galan, A., Calinescu, I., Trifan, A., Winkworth-Smith, C., Calvo-Carrascal, M., Dodds, C., & Binner, E. (2017). New insights into the role of selective and volumetric heating during microwave extraction: investigation of the extraction of polyphenolic compounds from sea buckthorn leaves using microwave-assisted extraction and conventional solvent extraction. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 116, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2017.03.006

We report a direct comparison of microwave heating and conventional heating in solvent extraction by using exactly the same reaction conditions (including heating rate) in the extraction of polyphenols from dried sea buckthorn leaves. We have for the... Read More about New insights into the role of selective and volumetric heating during microwave extraction: investigation of the extraction of polyphenolic compounds from sea buckthorn leaves using microwave-assisted extraction and conventional solvent extraction.

Enhancing evaporative mass transfer and steam stripping using microwave heating (2017)
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Ogunniran, O., Binner, E., Sklavounos, A., & Robinson, J. P. (2017). Enhancing evaporative mass transfer and steam stripping using microwave heating. Chemical Engineering Science, 165, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2017.03.003

The effect of microwave heating on evaporative mass transfer of hydrocarbons was investigated for a number of contaminated solid materials. The rate of oil removal could be rationalised by the velocity of steam that was created by selective heating o... Read More about Enhancing evaporative mass transfer and steam stripping using microwave heating.

New insights into microwave pyrolysis of biomass: preparation of carbon-based products from pecan nutshells and their application in wastewater treatment (2017)
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Duran Jimenez, G., Monti, T., Titman, J. J., Hernandez-Montoya, V., Kingman, S., & Binner, E. (2017). New insights into microwave pyrolysis of biomass: preparation of carbon-based products from pecan nutshells and their application in wastewater treatment. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2017.02.013

Microwave pyrolysis of pecan nutshell (Carya illinoinensis) biomass was used to produce carbon-based solid products with potential application in contaminated water treatment. A range of analytical techniques were applied to characterize the inter... Read More about New insights into microwave pyrolysis of biomass: preparation of carbon-based products from pecan nutshells and their application in wastewater treatment.