It is possible to evaluate the variation in the costs of manufacturing with the operational conditions
such as temperature, pressure and size of the extraction cell. The manufacturing cost of the global yield
did not vary significantly with temperature and pressure, showing only a small decrease in costs when the
size of the extraction cell was increased from 0.05 to 0.3 m3, which is expected, as the scale-up represents
a higher viability of the industrial process.
The manufacturing costs of the antioxidant compounds (COM-CA) showed high variability with the
variation in temperature, pressure and size of the extraction cell. Like COM-X0, COM-CA decreased with
scale-up, though the decrease in this case was more pronounced. The increase in COM-CA with
temperature was likely due to energy costs. The increase in pressure (10 to 20 MPa) corresponded with a
decrease followed by a pronounced increase in manufacturing costs. This phenomenon is closely related
to antioxidant compound recovery and energy costs.