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  • Green Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering

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  • CO2-switchable hydrophilicity solvents offer a nonvolatile, tunable alternative to traditional organic solvents.
  • Their slow switching rates limit practical applications due to energy costs and potential compound degradation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the use of vortex fluidic devices (VFDs) for accelerating CO2-switchable hydrophilicity solvent switching.
  • To evaluate VFDs in both batch and continuous flow modes for enhancing reaction kinetics and efficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a vortex fluidic device in batch and continuous flow configurations.
  • Investigated the forward (hydrophilicity generation) and reverse (hydrophobicity generation) switching processes.
  • Quantified reaction times and efficiency improvements.

Main Results:

  • VFDs substantially reduced the reaction times for CO2-switchable hydrophilicity solvent transformations.
  • Both forward and reverse switching processes were effectively enhanced.
  • Continuous flow methodology demonstrated significant time reductions and potential for scalability.

Conclusions:

  • VFDs offer a highly efficient method to accelerate CO2-switchable hydrophilicity solvent switching.
  • This technology addresses key limitations, paving the way for broader industrial adoption of these green solvents.
  • The potential for scaling up VFD-based switching processes was highlighted.