An economic evaluation of the fermentative production of lactic acid from wheat flour

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-126

  Åkerberg, Christina ^a   Zacchi, Guido ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economy; Lactic acid; Process; Wheat flour

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC SODA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ELECTRODIALYSIS; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PH; PROBABILITY; STARCH;

LACTIC ACID;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

LACTIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BRAN; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTRODIALYSIS; EVAPORATION; FERMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WHEAT;

EID: 0034105082     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(00)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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