摘要 |
A system for extracting a component from a composition is disclosed and includes an extraction and separation device containing the composition that receives a supercritical fluid, wherein the supercritical fluid extracts the component from the composition and is then separated from the component. The system may also include a feed pump that receives and pressurizes a fluid, wherein the component is resolvable to the fluid in a supercritical phase; a solar collector that receives the fluid from the feed pump and heats the fluid to a supercritical phase to form a supercritical fluid, wherein the extraction and separation device receives the supercritical fluid from the solar collector; and a heat exchanger that receives the fluid from the extraction and separation device and cools the fluid for returning to the feed pump. A method utilizing this system is also disclosed.
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