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. 2021 Jul 12;60(28):10276–10285. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00988

Table 1. Results for the Experiments in the FFC.

experiment batch cyclical batch continuous feeding
washing solvent 100 v% EtOH 100 v% EtOH 100 v% EtOH
feeding time (min) 200 335 335
yield ibuprofen (%) 73.15 ± 0.08 76.02 ± 0.52 67.78 ± 0.36
productivity (g ibuprofen produced/minute of feed) 0.767 0.946 0.90
    cycle number cycle number
    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
initial ibuprofen purity (% by relative peak area) 95.14 95.33 95.53            
ibuprofen purity in the redissolved product (% by relative peak area) 98.18 97.90 98.16 98.05 98.29 97.53 97.54 97.05 97.54