Effects of Operation Variables on the Recovery of Lactic Acid in a Batch Distillation Process with Chemical Reactions

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 556-561

  Seo, Yongwon ^a   Hong, Won Hi ^a   Hong, Tae Hee ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Department of Food and Nutrition   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Batch Reactive Distillation; Cation Exchange Resin; Esterificaiton; Hydrolysis; Lactic Acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346942336     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02708131     Document Type: Article

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