Minimization of water consumption and process optimization of palm oil mills

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-158

  Chungsiriporn, Juntima ^a   Prasertsan, S ^b   Bunyakan, C ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Mass integration; Optimization; Palm oil; Recycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746352389     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-005-0002-y     Document Type: Article

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