Advances in Green Extraction and Separation Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Separation Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green and sustainable pretreatments; extraction of bioactive compounds; fermentative processes; high value-added compounds; catalytic conversion; enzymes production and application
Interests: oligosaccharides; biomass pretreatments; biofuels; phenolics; algae biorefinery; bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, the use of conventional solvents remains a concern due to their environmental damage and potential health risks to humans. In this regard, one of the Green Chemistry principles focuses on the search and development of green solvents, which exhibit interesting features such as low toxicity, biodegradability, low environmental impact, and/or recyclability. Therefore, it is crucial to promote investigations that address sustainable processes for extracting and separating pivotal molecules using green solvents (deep eutectic solvents, ionic liquids, supercritical solvents, low- and high-pressure solvents). All these technologies provide us with knowledge about how they can be efficiently implemented in a biorefinery, offering great value to society in terms of sustainability and the production of safe products.
This Special Issue on “Advances in Green Extraction and Separation Processes” will encompass novel articles or reviews that are in concordance with Green Chemistry principles and commitment to the sustainable processes aims to extract and separate value-added molecules.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Novel design and implementation of DES mixtures and ionic liquids
- Supercritical CO2 technology
- Subcritical water, pressure hot water, steam explosion, or organosolv.
- Adsorption–desorption processes
- Membranes technologies
- Advances in enzyme formulation and application
Thank you, and I hope you will consider participating in this Special Issue.
Sincerely,
Dr. Iván Costa-Trigo
Dr. Luís C. Duarte
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deep eutectic solvents/ionic liquids
- enzymatic conversion
- bioactive compounds extraction
- supercritical extraction
- membranes
- adsorption–desorption processes
- waste streams valorization
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