Browsing by Author "Ingram, Andrew"

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    Analysis of curcumin precipitation and coating on lactose by the integrated supercritical antisolvent-fluidized bed process
    (Elsevier, 2017-12-12) Matos, Ravenna Lessa; Lu, Tiejun; McConville, Christopher; Leeke, Gary; Ingram, Andrew
    Dry powder formulations with potential application in pulmonary drug delivery were produced by integrating the Supercritical Antisolvent (SAS) process with a fluidized bed (FB) under pressure. The simultaneous precipitation and coating of curcumin on lactose was performed in a single step combining the advantages of both processes. Ethanol and acetone were used as solvents. The effects of operating parameters: pressure, temperature, drug-lactose mass ratio, solution flow rate and solution concentration on the drug size, morphology and yield were investigated. Due to the high degree of mixing in the fluidized bed, a uniform coating of curcumin onto lactose was achieved with loading efficiency varying from 71.0 to 93.3% and curcumin particle size between 0.41 and 12.08 μm. Solvent-free curcumin particles with reduced crystallinity were produced while the physicochemical properties of the raw materials were not changed.
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    Recycling carbon fibre with an acetone/water solvent and zinc chloride catalyst: resin degradation and fibre characterisation
    (2018-09-13) Keith, Matthew J.; Ingram, Andrew; Leeke, Gary A.
    The degradation of a carbon fibre reinforced epoxy resin with an acetone/water mixture and ZnCl2 catalyst was investigated. The solvent/catalyst system achieved a resin removal yield in excess of 94% after 1.5 h at 290°C and 45 min at 300°C. Single fibre tensile testing indicated an increase in fibre strength after the recycling process. The strongest fibres were recovered using a reaction temperature of 290°C and exhibited a strength of 3.21 ± 1.10 GPa. The technique developed therefore appears to recover high quality fibres while reducing the temperature by 30°C and process time by 25% when compared to earlier work.