'Improvements in the object of the principal patent No. 503,050, filed 15 June 1981: a process for recovering caffeine from activated carbon'.

摘要

The recovery of caffeine from activated carbon is accomplished according to the present invention by employing an aqueous acetic acid solution, preferably having a concentration of between about 50 and 80% by weight, and which is capable of competing for the active sites on the carbon occupied by the caffeine to displace at least a portion of the caffeine which is then dissolved in the solvent. After the desired period of contact, preferably at a temperature above 100 DEG C, the caffeine is separated from the solution.