2010 Annual Meeting
(599c) Solubility of Chitosan in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Modeling Using SAFT
Authors
Carvallo, R. - Presenter, Temptrol
Patel, K. S. - Presenter, University of South Florida
Sunol, A. K. - Presenter, University of South Florida
Solubility of a Chitosan, a biodegradable polymer in supercritical carbon dioxide, with or without entrainers, is studied using cloud point measurement and a dynamic system. The low molecular polymers achieved through higher degree of deacetilation are shown to be soluble at near ambient conditions. The results are modeled using SAFT.