NZ199390A - Extracting vegetable wax form plant material (simmondsia species) - Google Patents

Extracting vegetable wax form plant material (simmondsia species)

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NZ199390A
NZ199390A NZ199390A NZ19939081A NZ199390A NZ 199390 A NZ199390 A NZ 199390A NZ 199390 A NZ199390 A NZ 199390A NZ 19939081 A NZ19939081 A NZ 19939081A NZ 199390 A NZ199390 A NZ 199390A
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extraction
separation
pressure
critical
temperature
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NZ199390A
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H Olberg
W Heigel
H Heinemann
W Milkowski
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Kali Chemie Pharma Gmbh
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01DSEPARATION
    • B01D11/00Solvent extraction
    • B01D11/02Solvent extraction of solids
    • B01D11/0203Solvent extraction of solids with a supercritical fluid
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11BPRODUCING, e.g. BY PRESSING RAW MATERIALS OR BY EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS, REFINING OR PRESERVING FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES, e.g. LANOLIN, FATTY OILS OR WAXES; ESSENTIAL OILS; PERFUMES
    • C11B11/00Recovery or refining of other fatty substances, e.g. lanolin or waxes
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02WCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W30/00Technologies for solid waste management
    • Y02W30/50Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
    • Y02W30/74Recovery of fats, fatty oils, fatty acids or other fatty substances, e.g. lanolin or waxes

Description

New Zealand Paient Spedficaiion for Paient Number 1 99390 1 9 3 0 .. i . 'W-11* i ' !T t) Priority Dstc(s): ./J-2 i/J 01 Ccmpfets Spscsficalion FjJad: .. i.. .....iaea is .mums N.Z. No.
NEW ZEALAND Patents Act 1953 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION ¥ [««V^ "PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION OF VALUABLE MATTER FROM PLANT MATERIAL." We, KALI-CHEMIE PHARMA GmbH, a Body Corporate organised under the laws of the Federal . Republic of Germany, of Postfach 220, Hans-Buckler-Allee 20, D-3000 Hannover 1, Federal Republic of Germany do hereby declare the invention, for which pray that a Patent may be granted to us f and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement:- ~ 1 ~ (Followed by 1A.) - i A 1 99390 This invention relates to a method for the separation of valuable substances from plant matter.
Fortyfive to fifty percent by weight of the total weight of fully ripened seed kernels of plants of the 5 species Simmondsia (Simmondsia chinensis and Simmondsia California) consist of a fluid wax. This wax is a mixture of long-chain fatty acid esters, the acid component of which is formed from higher, straight chain acids and the alcohol component of which is formed from higher, monovalvent alcohols. Thus it differs substantially from normal plant oils, which, as is known, are triglycerides of glycerol. Owing to its good stability it has a variety of uses, for example as a carrier or excipient for cosmetic or pharmaceutical formulations.
Methods used hitherto for the separation and isolation of the wax include cold or hot extrusion of the seed kernels, or the extraction of the wax with various solvents from the previously ground or compressed seed kernels.
Apart from the fact that with mechanical extrusion only approximately 60 to 70% of the wax content can be extracted, usual commercial qualities, which have been obtained by extrusion, still contain portions of cell matter.
N.Z. PATENT OFFICE 16DEC1983 199390 These portions of cell matter which are intrusive for many purposes, must be separated in further process steps. However, particular filtering methods, which use conventional filter media such as, for example, kieselguhr, 5 silica gel, fuller's earth or alumina, in fact yield a product, which is free of solid components, but these filtering methods have an adverse influence on the stability of the wax. Thus, waxes purified by filtration through active media quickly become rancid and unusable 10 when stored under normal conditions.
Methods of extraction of the wax components by means of solvents have not been used technically to date. Furthermore, products obtained in such a way still contain residues of solvent and without further purification 15 operations they are consequently unusable for cosmetic or pharmaceutical purposes.
According to the present invention there is provided a method for the separation of valuable substances from plant matter, wherein seed "kernels of species of Simmondsia 20 are subjected to extraction in an extraction stage by means of a gas under supercritical conditions, thereby to obtain a phase containing valuable substances, and wherein this phase is transferred into a separation stage, where separation of the valuable substances occurs by providing 25 or establishing subcritical conditions, whereby a substantially pure stable vegetable wax is obtained as the valuable substance, the gas being returned from the separation stage to the extraction stage.
W.2. PATENT OFRCE -5 DEC 1983 9 93? In general, any gas which is physiologically harmless, and which is chemically inert to the plant wax, can be used as the extraction medium; such gases include for example: carbon dioxide, various halogenated hydrocarbons including, CHF^, CF3~CF3' CHC1=CF2, cf2=ch2, cf3-ch3, chf2-ch3, chf2ci, cf3ci, cf2=cf2, CF0C1_, CC1 -CHC10 and C_F , sulphur hexafluoride, nitrous Z Z 3 2 j o oxide, sulphur dioxide, and various hydrocarbons including ethane, ethene, propane, propene, etc. 10 Mixtures of two or more of such gases may be used but carbon dioxide is particularly preferred.
In the extraction stage the seed kernels are exposed to the extraction medium under conditions such that the gas is supercritical both as regards temperature and also as 15 regards pressure. The critical parameters of the gases mentioned above are well-known.
The temperature at which the extraction takes place is preferably in the range of from the critical temperature up to 50°C, preferably up to 20°C. above the critical 20 temperature, and the pressure is preferably in the range from the critical pressure up to 500 bar, preferably up to 350 bar above the critical pressure.
In the case where the extraction medium is carbon dioxide, the extraction is conveniently carried out at a 25 temperature in the range of from 31.3 to 80°C., preferably 31.3 to 50°C., and at a pressure in the range of from 72 to 600 bar, preferably 72 to 300 bar. 1 9 93 9 From the extraction stage, the phase containing the valuable matter is passed over into the separation stage in which separation of the valuable substances takes place by providing or establishing subcritical 5 conditions. The temperature at which the separation takes place is preferably in the range of from the critical temperature to 15°C. below the critical temperature, and the pressure is preferably in the range of from the critical pressure to 25 bar below the critical 10 pressure.
In the case where the extraction medium is carbon dioxide, the separation is conveniently carried out at a temperature in the range of 31.3°C. to 15°C. and at a pressure in the range from 72 to 45 bar. 15 By providing or establishing subcritical conditions in the separation stage, the solvent power of the extraction medium for the extracted valuable substances is reduced such that the latter separate in the separation stage from the extraction medium and can be carried off 20 during the extraction process, for example through a sluice, or after the extraction process has been completed. Any aqueous components which have also been separated during the extraction process form a separate phase in the separation stage and can be separated from the wax 25 without difficulty.
The extraction medium can be re-useid directly without any further purification requiring intensive work and energy, so that no additional emission problems arise. In order to be re-introduced into the extraction 5 stage, the extraction medium merely has to be converted into the supercritical state as regards temperature and pressure, i.e. the alteration in temperature and pressure which was made for separation is cancelled again.
The separated vegetable wax can be removed from the 10 separation stage after the extraction is completed if the present process is conducted as a batch process.
However, it is possible to remove the vegetable wax -e.g. via a sluice - if the present process is conducted as a continuous process. With both methods of 15 operation extraction periods of 1 to 12 hours, preferably 3 to 7 hours, are sufficient, to obtain the end product in the purity desired.
With the present method therefore it is possible to obtain the desired product in a short time, thereby 20 minimizing the overheads for apparatus, manpower and energy, and also to avoid any undue burden on the environment. The circulation of the extraction medium offers in particular the possibility of automating the process cycle and, consequently, of conducting the extraction 25 in a particularly economical way. The vegetable wax 1 9939 obtained can be supplied directly for utilization in foodstuffs, pharmaceutical or cosmetic products etc; however, it can also be hydrated and used as a hydrated product.
The invention will now be illustrated by the following Examples in which specific process conditions are identified as follows:- Extraction container: Pressure : P^ Temperature : t^ Separation container: Pressure : Temperature : t^ Example 1 100 g. of previously ground seed kernels of Simmondsia are loaded into an extraction container and extracted with carbon dioxide gas under supercritical conditions; separation is effected in a separation container and the process conditions are:- P^ : 200 bar 40°C. 50 bar Extraction time °C. 4 h 41 g. of a clear, light yellow wax are obtained and removed from the separation container; .in addition, 3.5 g. water are isolated. 55 g. of a pulverulent de-oiled product remain in the extraction container. 1 9939 - 7 The analysis of the wax was as follows:- C38~ fluid ester approx.
% C40~ fluid eister approx.
% C42~ fluid ester approx. 50 % C44~ fluid ester approx.
% Example 2 100 g. of simmondsia seed kernels, stripped of the brown pellicle and ground, are loaded into the extraction container and extracted with carbon dioxide 10 gas under supercritical conditions, and separation is effected under subcritical conditions, the process conditions being:- : 300 bar tx : 40°C.
P^ : 50 bar t2 : 20°C.
Extraction time : 4 h 40 g. of a clear, light yellow fatty acid ester-mixture are removed from the separation container. In addition 20 7.5 g. water are separated and 53 g. of a pulverulent residue remains in the extraction vessel.
Example 3 100 g. of ground seed kernels of the Simmondsia chinensis plant are treated with carbon dioxide gas under 25 supercritical conditions and separation is effected under subcritical conditions, the process conditions being:- 150 bar 50° C. 50 bar ° c- Extraction time : 4 h 36 g. of a clear, light yellow wax are recovered in the separation container, and in addition 3.5 g. water are separated while 60 g. de-waxed base material remain as a residue in the extraction container. 199390

Claims (9)

WHAT WE CLAIM IS:-
1. A method for the separation from plant matter of a valuable vegetable substance in the form of a substantially stable pure/wax, wherein seed kernels of species of Simmondsia are subjected to extraction in an extraction stage by means of a gas under supercritical conditions, thereby to obtain a phase containing a valuable substance, and wherein this phase is transferred into a separation stage, where separation of the valuable substance occurs by providing or establishing subcritical conditions in the gas, whereby a said valuable substance is obtained, the gas being returned from the separation stage to the extraction stage.
2. A method as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the gas is carbon d ioxide.
3. A method as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein the temperature at which the extraction takes place is from the critical temperature up to 50°C above the critical temperature.
4. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3, wherein the temperature at which the extraction takes place is from the critical temperature up to 20°C above the critical temperature.
5. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 4, wherein the temperature at which the separation takes place is from the critical temperature to 15°C below the critical temperature. 10 -
6. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the pressure at which the extraction takes place is from the critical pressure up to 500 bar above the critical pressure. 5
7. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 6, wherein the pressure at which the extraction takes place is from the critical pressure up to 350 bar above the critical pressure.
8. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 7, 10 wherein the pressure at which the separation takes place is from the critical pressure to 25 bar below the critical pressure. 15 in any one of the foregoing Examples. 10. Vegetable wax obtained from seed kernels of species of SiTnmondsia by the method claimed in any preceding claim. a
9. A method for the separation of/valuable substance according to claim 1 from plant matter!, substantially as hereinbefore described KALI-CHEMIE PHARMA GmbH By Their Attorneys HENRY HUGHES LIMITED
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