With the dramatic increase in the worldwide demand for the crude oil and with the fact that the oil and gas resources are depleting, the enhanced oil recovery process plays an important role to increase the production from the existing hydrocarbon reservoirs. Chemical enhanced oil recovery is one of the most important techniques to unlock significant amount of trapped oil from oil reservoirs. Surface agent materials (Surfactants) are used to lower the interfacial tension (IFT) between water and oil phases to ultralow values and mobilize the trapped oil. When surfactant, water, and oil are mixed together they form a thermodynamically stable phase called microemulsion which can be characterized by ultralow interfacial tension and the ability to solubilize both aqueous and oil compounds. Another characteristic of microemulsion solution is its viscosity which plays an important role in the creation and movement of the oil bank. The microemulsion micro-structure is complex and its viscosity is difficult to predict. Various viscosity models and correlations are presented in the literature to describe microemulsion viscosity behavior, but they fail to represent the rheological behavior of many microemulsion mixtures. Most of these models are valid in the lower and higher ranges of solute where one of the domains is discontinuous. The majority of the models fail to calculate the rheology of microemulsion phase in bicontinuous domains. In this work, we present a systematic study of the rheological behavior of microemulsion systems and the effect of additives such as polymer and co-solvent on rheological properties of microemulsions. Several laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the rheological behavior of surfactant solutions. A new empirical model for the viscosity of microemulsion phase as a function of salinity is introduced. The model consists of three different correlations one for each phase type of Windsor phase behaviors. The proposed model is validated using a number of experimental results presented in this document. The proposed viscosity model is implemented in the UTCHEM simulator and the simulator results are compared with the coreflood experiments. Excellent matches were obtained for the pressure. We further improved the proposed viscosity model to incorporate the effect of polymer and co-solvent on the microemulsion viscosity. / text

Heavy oil resources are huge and are currently produced largely with steam-driven technology. The purpose of this research was to evaluate an alternative to steam flooding in heavy oils: chemical EOR. Acidic components abundant in heavy crude oils can be converted to soaps at high pH with alkali, reducing the interfacial tension (IFT) between oil and water to ultra-low levels. In an attempt to harness this property, engineers developed alkaline and alkaline-polymer (AP) flooding EOR processes, which met limited success. The primary problem with AP flooding was the soap is usually too hydrophobic, its optimum salinity is low and the ultra-low IFT salinity range narrow (Nelson 1983). Adding a hydrophilic co-surfactant to the process solved the problem, and is known as ASP flooding. AP floods also form persistent, unpredictable and often highly viscous emulsions, which result in high pressure drops and low injection rates. Addition of co-solvents such as a light alcohol (typically 1 wt %) improves the performance of AP floods; researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have coined the term ACP (Alkaline Co-solvent Polymer) for this new process. ACP has significant advantages relative to other chemical flooding modes to recover heavy oils. It is less costly than using surfactant, and has none of the design challenges associated with surfactant. It shows the benefit of nearly 100% displacement sweep efficiency in core floods when properly implemented, as heavy oils tend to produce significant IFT reducing soaps. The use of polymer for mobility control ensures good sweep efficiency is also achieved. Since heavy oils can be extremely viscous at reservoir temperature, moderate reservoir heating to reduce oil viscosity is beneficial. In a series of core flood experiments, moderately elevated temperatures (25-75°C) were used in evaluating ACP flooding in heavy oils. The experiments used only small amounts of inexpensive co-solvents while recovering >90% of remaining heavy oil in a core, without need for any surfactant. The most successful experiments showed that a small increase in temperature (25°) can have very positive impacts on core flood performance. These results are very encouraging for heavy oil recovery with chemical EOR. / text

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were used in agriculture throughout the world for a long time because they are very effective for pest control, but OCPs such as DDT and its metabolites can threaten human health and ecological systems. Although DDT has been banned for use in Canada since 1972, it still persists in Canadian farmland at detectable levels due to its chemical stability. The soils contaminated with DDT require economical remediation strategies because of the low land value and rural location. Although soil washing has been proposed as a possible economical technique to remove DDT, it has very low water solubility and so it is necessary to consider using surfactants to improve the soil-washing process. Building on previous research, we hypothesize that combinations of surfactants can be used to improve the performance of this remediation method. The surfactants Tween 80, Brij 35, and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) were selected based on environmental and reported performance criteria. Combinations of surfactants were tested in both batch and leaching column experiments. Experiments indicated that removal efficiency and flowrate in leaching columns were optimized when a mixture of 2% Brij 35 and 0.1% SDBS was employed. The presence of Tween 80 was found to be less effective, possibly due to its higher biodegradability in the soil. Since the measurement of surfactant concentration in the wash solution is important, several methods were tested before finally selecting a simple COD analysis as a surrogate parameter. Using the COD analysis, partitioning experiments were performed to measure the adsorption of surfactant on the soil. For economic reasons, it would be desirable to reuse the surfactant in a washing process. For this purpose, we employed activated carbon to selectively remove the more hydrophobic DDT from the surfactant solutions. Preliminary results have shown that carbon adsorption can remove some DDT, but additional work is required to understand and optimize the process.

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were used in agriculture throughout the world for a long time because they are very effective for pest control, but OCPs such as DDT and its metabolites can threaten human health and ecological systems. Although DDT has been banned for use in Canada since 1972, it still persists in Canadian farmland at detectable levels due to its chemical stability. The soils contaminated with DDT require economical remediation strategies because of the low land value and rural location. Although soil washing has been proposed as a possible economical technique to remove DDT, it has very low water solubility and so it is necessary to consider using surfactants to improve the soil-washing process. Building on previous research, we hypothesize that combinations of surfactants can be used to improve the performance of this remediation method. The surfactants Tween 80, Brij 35, and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) were selected based on environmental and reported performance criteria. Combinations of surfactants were tested in both batch and leaching column experiments. Experiments indicated that removal efficiency and flowrate in leaching columns were optimized when a mixture of 2% Brij 35 and 0.1% SDBS was employed. The presence of Tween 80 was found to be less effective, possibly due to its higher biodegradability in the soil. Since the measurement of surfactant concentration in the wash solution is important, several methods were tested before finally selecting a simple COD analysis as a surrogate parameter. Using the COD analysis, partitioning experiments were performed to measure the adsorption of surfactant on the soil. For economic reasons, it would be desirable to reuse the surfactant in a washing process. For this purpose, we employed activated carbon to selectively remove the more hydrophobic DDT from the surfactant solutions. Preliminary results have shown that carbon adsorption can remove some DDT, but additional work is required to understand and optimize the process.

Permittivity values of a co-solvent system decrease with increasing temperature and decrease as mole fraction of water decreases. Fit to a cubic polynomial, the coefficients can be used to determine relative permittivity of the co-solvent system knowing temperature and mole fraction. A Brookhaven Instruments BI 870 Dielectric Meter was used. Pure water from 15.0 to 55.0 °C was measured to validate the method. Solutions of acetone and tetrahydrofuran were measured from 15.0 to 55.0 °C. A cubic polynomial fit was used to determine the polynomial coefficients for determining permittivity as a function of temperature and mole fraction. These coefficients may also be used to interpolate the dielectric constant between temperatures. Literature values for acetonitrile, 1,4-dioxane, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and N,N-dimethylformamide in water were used to determine the polynomial coefficients.

Chemical enhanced oil recovery has regained its attention because of high oil price and the depletion of conventional oil reservoirs. This process is more complex than the primary and secondary recovery flooding and requires detailed engineering design for a successful field-scale application. An effective alkaline/co-solvent/polymer (ACP) formulation was developed and corefloods were performed for a cost efficient alternative to alkaline/surfactant/polymer floods by the research team at the department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The alkali agent reacts with the acidic components of heavy oil (i.e. 170 cp in-situ viscosities) to form in-situ natural soap to significantly reduce the interfacial tension, which allows producing residual oil not contacted by waterflood or polymer flood alone. Polymer provides mobility control to drive chemical slug and oil bank. The cosolvent added to the chemical slug helps to improve the compatibility between in-situ soap and polymer and to reduce microemulsion viscosity. An impressive recovery of 70% of the waterflood residual oil saturation was achieved where the remaining oil saturation after the ACP flood was reduced to only 13.5%. The results were promising with very low chemical usage for injection. The UTCHEM chemical flooding reservoir simulator was used to model the coreflood experiments to obtain parameters for pilot scale simulations. Geological model was based on unconsolidated reservoir sand with multiple seven spot well patterns. However, facility capacity and field logistics, reservoir heterogeneity as well as mixing and dispersion effects might prevent coreflood design at laboratory from large scale implementation. Field-scale sensitivity studies were conducted to optimize the design under uncertainties. The influences of chemical mass, polymer pre-flush, well constraints, and well spacing on ultimate oil recovery were closely investigated. This research emphasized the importance of good mobility control on project economics. The in-situ soap generated from alkali-naphthenic acid reaction not only mobilizes residual oil to increase oil recovery, but also enhances water relative permeability and increases injectivity. It was also demonstrated that a closer well spacing significantly increases the oil recovery because of greater volumetric sweep efficiency. This thesis presents the simulation and modeling results of an ACP process for a viscous oil in high permeability sandstone reservoir at both coreflood and pilot scales. / text

Orientador: Watson Loh / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T12:43:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bernardes_JulianadaSilva_D.pdf: 3716800 bytes, checksum: 697cfd08d77b6bb1c1d45598c8324907 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Polieletrólitos associam-se fortemente com surfatantes de carga oposta em meio aquoso, levando a uma separação de fases que resulta em uma fase concentrada, rica em polieletrólito e surfatante, em equilíbrio com uma fase diluída constituída pelos contra-íons. A fase concentrada pode ser constituída de interessantes estruturas supramoleculares advindas das propriedades de auto-organização destes sistemas, que aliadas à possibilidade de modificaremse a geometria da mesofase e as distâncias entre os agregados, tornam estes sistemas ferramentas importantes em processos de fabricação de estruturas micro e mesoporosas e em sistemas de liberação controlada de drogas. O estudo do equilíbrio de fases de sistemas constituídos por polieletrólitos e surfatantes de cargas opostas em água não é tão simples devido ao grande número de componentes presentes no sistema, porém é possível reduzir a quantidade de componentes através da síntese do sal complexo ¿puro¿ (polieletrólito-surfatante), facilitando dessa forma a análise dos diagramas de fases gerados. Neste trabalho o comportamento de fases de sais complexos formados pelo íon surfatante hexadeciltrimetilaônio (CTA) e pelo polieletrólito (PA) em água e na presença de diferentes solventes orgânicos foi investigado. Três efeitos principais foram analisados: efeito da natureza do solvente orgânico; efeito da adição de uma série homóloga de álcoois e efeito da hidrofobicidade do contra-íon polimérico. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a polaridade do solvente orgânico utilizado influencia intensamente nas estruturas formadas pelo sal complexo. Em geral, observou-se a predominância de estruturas lamelares em sistemas contendo co-surfatantes (n-álcoois) e a predominância de estruturas hexagonais em sistemas contendo p-xileno e ciclohexano. A hidrofobicidade do contra-íon polimérico não gerou mudanças significativas nos diagramas de fases obtidos. / Abstrat: Association between charged polymers and oppositely charged surfactants in aqueous solutions may lead to phase separation forming a concentrated phase rich in polyions and surfactant ions, and a more dilute phase, which mostly contains simple ions. The concentrated phases may display a variety of supramolecular structures with diverse and interesting features due to self-assembling properties of these systems, which have found applications in the field of controlled drug delivery and in templating the synthesis of materials with tailored geometries. A complete description of the phase equilibrium in these systems is quite demanding, because addition of polyelectrolyte and oppositely charged surfactant to water leads to the formation of several components, however it is possible to reduce the number of the components by the preparation of the pure complex-salt, which allows to analyze the phase equilibrium in a controlled manner. In this work the phase behavior of complex salts formed by the surfactant ion hexadecyltrimethylammonium (CTA) and the polyacrylate (PA) in water and with different organic solvents were investigated. Three principal effects were analyzed: the effect of the organic solvent nature; the effect of n-alcohol carbon chain length and the effect of the polyelectrolyte hidrophibicity. The obtained results revealed that the organic solvent nature has a strong influence in the structure assumed by the complex salt. From the general analysis, systems containing co-surfactants (n-alcohols) a predominance of lamellar structures was observed, and in systems containing p-xylene and ciclohexane a predominance of hexagonal structures was detected. The polyelectrolyte hidrophobicity did not display significant changes in the obtained phase diagrams. / Doutorado / Físico-Química / Doutor em Ciências

Routine consumption of blueberries and cranberries has been shown to have great health benefits. Blueberries have high amounts of anthocyanin content per serving. Anthocyanins are known to be powerful antioxidants and are linked to the reduction of heart disease and cancer. New research suggests that the berries may also play a role in slowing down age related diseases such as memory loss and tissue damage caused by Alzheimer's. In addition the berries have a variety of essential vitamins and minerals that are important for overall health. Cranberries have long been used to treat urinary tract infections due to the high composition of benzoic and other acids. Both types of berries are rich in vitamin A and retinoids which have been linked to reducing certain cancers such as colon, lung and breast cancer in addition to the benefits they encompass for maintenance of eyesight. The health benefits associated with the components in the berries make them an attractive choice for extracting desirable active ingredients. A dynamic high pressure extraction setup that consisted of an extractor and a collection vessel maintained at high pressure using back pressure regulators was built to extract active components from the berry powders using supercritical CO2 and an entrainer (ethanol) in order to increase the solvating power of the supercritical fluid. Experiments were done at temperatures ranging from 42°C to 50°C and pressures up to 197 bars; extracts were analyzed using a gas chromatograph coupled with a mass spectrometer (GC/MS). Successfully extracted desirable components included important vitamins such as vitamin A and biotin. Furthermore useful acids such as ricinoleic acid, palmitic acid, benzoic acid and the omega-9 acids oleic acid as well as octadecanoic acids were extracted. In addition to the desired active ingredients extracted, at the operating conditions chosen, some pesticides and insecticides that were present in the initial fruit powders were also extracted.

Orientador: Fernando Antonio Cabral / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T20:29:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SanchezCamargo_AndreadelPilar_M.pdf: 1763111 bytes, checksum: fb811fe66c73cb991c3e4abf5c786d7b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: O rendimento de processamento e a composição centesimal dos resíduos de camarão-rosa (Farfantepenaeus paulensis) foram investigados. Os resultados indicaram que nos resíduos de camarão (cabeça, casca e caudas liofilizadas) apresenta-se um alto conteúdo protéico (48,8% b.s.) e um alto nível de resíduo mineral (27,0% b.s.). Os resíduos de camarão apresentaram um baixo teor de lipídeos (4,9% b.s.), embora seja alto quando comparado com outra classe de camarões capturados no Brasil. A composição de ácidos graxos mostrou que os lipídeos extraídos contém um alto teor de ácidos graxos insaturados, principalmente EPA (C20:5; n-3) e DHA (C22:6; n-3). A fim de estabelecer um processo eficiente e ambientalmente amigável da recuperação de lipídeos e astaxantina (ASX) (o principal carotenóide e antioxidante presente nos resíduos), foram comparados três tipos de processo de extração: a) Extração com solvente orgânico, b) Extração supercrítica com CO2, tendo como variáveis de processo, pressão (200-400 bar) e temperatura (40-60°C) e c) Extração supercrítica com CO2 e etanol como co-solvente, variando a concentração do etanol na mistura de solvente extrativo (5, 10 e 15% m/m). Os resultados mostraram que a máxima quantidade de astaxantina extraída do residuo foi de 53 ± 2 µg de ASX/g de resíduo b.s., quando empregado como solvente uma mistura 60% (v/v) n-hexano em álcool isopropílico (IPA). Por sua vez, a extração com CO2 supercritico, mostrou que a melhor condição de extração dos carotenóides foi a 370 bar e 43°C(20,72 µg ASX/g de resíduo b.s.). Observou-se que a pressões maiores do que 300 bar e temperaturas entre 40 e 50 °C, os extratos atingiram concentrações de astaxantina maiores de 1000 µg ASX/g de extrato b.s, valor similar ao encontrado na extração com IPA e n-hexano, mostrando a extração supercrítica como uma tecnologia alternativa. O uso de co-solvente mostrou um aumento na extração tanto de lipídeos quanto de astaxantina, indicando que a maior condição de extração destes compostos foi atingida quando utilizo-se 15% m/m de etanol (93,8% na recuperação de lipídeos e 62,8% na recuperação de astaxantina). Por sua parte, a extração dos ácidos graxos poliinsaturados aumentou conforme a temperatura e a pressão aumentaram e a medida que era adicionado etanol ao CO2. A astaxantina foi identificada em todos os extratos por meio da comparação com o seu padrão puro por cromatografia de camada delgada (CCD) e quantificada por espectrofotometria / Abstract: The yield processing by-products and the proximate composition of shrimp waste from the redspotted shrimp (Penaeus paulensis) was investigated. Shrimp¿s waste (freeze-dried head, shell and tail) was found of high protein content (48,8 % dry wt.) and high level of ash (27,0 % dry wt.). The shrimp waste had low lipid content (4,9% dry wt.), although it was higher than other kind of shrimp captured in Brazil. The fatty acid compositions showed that the lipids had high content of fatty acids unsaturated, mainly EPA (C20:5; n-3) and DHA (C22:6; n-3). In order to establish an efficient and environmentaly friendly recovery of lipids and astaxanthin (ASX) (the major carotenoid and antioxidant present in the waste) was compared three types of extraction process: a) extraction with organic solvents, b) Supercritical CO2 extraction, with the process variables pressure (200-400 bar) and temperature (40-60 °C) and c) extraction with supercritical CO2 and ethanol as cosolvent, varying the concentration of ethanol in the extractive solvent mixture (5 , 10 and 15% (w/ w)).The results showed that the maximum amount of astaxanthin extracted from the residue was 53,30 µg ASX / g of waste (dry wt.), when used as solvent a mixture of hexane and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) at a ratio of 60: 40 (% v/v). The supercritical CO2 extraction, showed that the best condition of extraction of carotenoids was 370 bar and 43 °C (20,72 µg ASX / g of waste dry wt.). It was observed that the higher pressure of 300 bar and temperatures between 40 and 50 ° C, reached concentrations of astaxanthin in the extract over 1000 ASX µg/gextract, this value was similar to that extraction with the extraction with IPA and nhexane, showing the supercritical extraction as a competitive technology. The use of co-solvent showed an increase in both lipid and astaxanthin extraction, showing that the optimum extraction of these compounds was achieved when used 15% (w/w) ethanol (93.8 % lipid recovery and 62.8 % astaxanthin recovery). With regard, the extraction of polyunsaturated fatty acids, their content in the extract was improved as the temperature and pressure increased and as ethanol was added to CO2. Astaxanthin was identified in all extracts by comparing with their standard pure by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and quantified by spectrophotometry / Mestrado / Mestre em Engenharia de Alimentos

Orientador: Maria Angela de Almeida Meireles / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T19:53:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Duarte_AngelaMariaFariasCampomanes_M.pdf: 4283604 bytes, checksum: 4b2a490db730c3eacf3ff4645ad728bb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O crescente aparecimento de doenças degenerativas tem motivado a busca de alimentos com benefícios específicos à saúde. Os resíduos do processamento da uva (Vitis vinifera) têm demonstrado ser uma fonte importante de flavonóides, ácidos fenólicos e estilbenos, os quais são amplamente conhecidos pela sua atividade antioxidante. A extração supercrítica com adição de cosolvente, geralmente etanol, mostra-se a técnica mais adequada para a recuperação de compostos fenólicos uma vez que a extração é seletiva e o extrato obtido é isento de solventes orgânicos, muitas vezes tóxicos. Neste trabalho, estudou-se a recuperação de compostos fenólicos a partir de resíduos da produção de pisco (bagaço de uva e borra) por três métodos de extração: leito agitado, sistema soxhlet e extração supercrítica. O etanol foi utilizado como solvente nas extrações convencionais e como cosolvente na extração supercrítica. Curvas globais de extração (OECs) foram construídas para o bagaço de uva e borra a 40 °C e pressões de 20 e 35 MPa, e foram ajustadas a um spline de três retas. O tempo de processo (tP) e outros parâmetros cinéticos da extração foram estimados. A composição dos extratos foi analisada por cromatografia em camada delgada (CCD) e cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência (CLAE). Através do software SuperPro Design® foi estimado o custo de manufatura (COM) para o processo de extração supercrítica em escala industrial. Os maiores rendimentos de extração foram obtidos com etanol em sistema soxhlet, sendo 10,4 ± 0,5 % para o bagaço de uva e 27,6 ± 0,4 % para a borra. A extração com etanol em leito agitado apresentou rendimentos de 8,2 ± 0,2 % e 16,8 ± 0,2 %, para o bagaço de uva e a borra, respectivamente. A extração com CO2 supercrítico e etanol apresentou os rendimentos mais baixos de extração (5,30 ± 0,03 % para o bagaço de uva e 10,3 ± 0,2% para a borra), sendo que a condição mais favorável foi 20 MPa e 40 °C. Através da análise por CLAE foi possível determinar a presença de ácidos fenólicos (ácido gálico, protocatecuico, p-hidroxibenzoico e vanílico) e quercetina em extratos de bagaço de uva, sendo a sua concentração maior em extratos obtidos a 20 MPa. Para o processo de extração supercrítica de bagaço de uva, o menor COM foi observado para a condição de 35 MPa , 40 °C e 20 minutos de extração. Extratos d e bagaço de uva ricos em compostos fenólicos foram obtidos na condição de 20 MPa, 40 °C e 20 minutos de extração e seu COM variou de US$ 168/ kg extrato a US$ 36/ kg extrato quando utilizados extratores de 0,005 a 0,5 m3 de capacidade, respectivamente. Para o processo de extração supercrítica de borra, o menor COM foi observado para a condição de 20 MPa, 40 °C e 120 minutos de extração. Nessa condição, o COM mostrou pouca variação (de US$ 364/ kg extrato a US$ 274/kg extrato) quando a capacidade dos extratores foi aumentada (de 0,005 a 0,05 m3), devido principalmente, ao custo elevado da matéria-prima (CRM) / Abstract: The increasing incidence of degenerative diseases has motivated the research on foods with specific health benefits. The grape (Vitis vinifera) processing wastes have demonstrated to be an important source of flavonoids, phenolic acids and stilbenes, which are widely known for their antioxidant activity. The supercritical extraction with co-solvent, usually ethanol, has been the most adequate extraction method for the phenolic compounds recovery, since the extraction is selective and the extract does not present organic solvents traces, often toxic. In this work, the recovery of phenolic compounds from Pisco production wastes was studied (grape bagasse and lees) by three extraction methods: agitated bed, Soxhlet and supercritical extraction. Ethanol was used as solvent in conventional extraction methods and as co-solvent in supercritical extraction. Overall extraction curves (OECs) were made to grape bagasse and lees at 40 °C and 20 and 35 MPa, and were fitted to a spline of three straight lines. The process time (tP) and others extraction kinetic parameters were estimated. SuperPro Design® software was used to estimating the manufacturing cost (COM) of the supercritical extraction process at industrial scale. The extracts composition was analyzed by thin layer chromatography (TLC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). High yields values were obtained by soxhlet extraction, they were 10,4 ± 0,5 % to grape bagasse and 27,6 ± 0,4 % to lees. The extraction yields for agitated bed extraction were 8,2 ± 0,2 % and 16,8 ± 0,2 % to grape bagasse and lees, respectively. The CO2 supercritical + ethanol extraction showed the lowest extraction yields, 5,30 ± 0,03 % to grape bagasse and 10,3 ± 0,2% to lees, and the most favorable condition was 20 MPa and 40 °C. The presence, in grape bagasse extracts, of some phenolic acids (gallic, protocatecuic, p-hidroxibenzoic and vanilic acid) and quercetin was possible to determine by high performance liquid chromatography analysis. The phenolic compounds concentration was higher in extracts obtained at 20 MPa. For the supercritical extraction process of grape bagasse, the lowest COM was observed for the condition of 35 MPa, 40 °C and 20 min of extraction time. Grape bagasse extracts rich in phenolic compounds were obtained in the condition of 20 MPa, 40 °C and 20 minutes of extraction time and its estimated COM varied from US$ 168/ kg of extract to US$ 36/ kg of extract, when the extractor capacity was 0,005 and 0,5 m3, respectively. For the supercritical extraction process of lees, the lowest estimated COM was observed for the condition of 20 MPa, 40 °C and 120 minutes of e xtraction time. In this condition, the COM, along scale-up study, showed little variation (from US$ 364/kg of extract to US$ 274/ kg of extract) when the extractors capacity were increased (from 0,005 to 0,5 m3), mainly due to high raw material cost (CRM) / Mestrado / Engenharia de Alimentos / Mestra em Engenharia de Alimentos