J. Schon et al., SEPARATION OF OIL-CONTAMINATED GLASS GRINDS BY SUPERCRITICAL-FLUID EXTRACTION (SFE), Separation science and technology, 32(1-4), 1997, pp. 883-897
An extraction method is presented which relies on supercritical carbon
dioxide as extractant. The development of the method and its demonstr
ation in a bench-scale facility are described by the example of residu
es with high mineral oil and lead contents from machining optical glas
ses, the so-called glass grinds. By the extraction method,the oil can
be recovered from the grinds in such a quality that direct recycling a
s grinding oil is possible.