Foaming: Consequences, prevention and destruction

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 913-948

  Vardar Sukan, Fazilet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antifoams; Foam; Foam control; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOAMING AGENT; FOAMING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT;

FOAM CONTROL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ANTIFOAMING AGENTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANTIFOAMING AGENT; LARD; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; SUCROSE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOPROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESTRUCTION; FOAM; OXYGEN TENSION; PREVENTION; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; THEORY;

EID: 0032157734     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-9750(98)00010-X     Document Type: Review

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