Recovery process of lactic acid using two distillation columns

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 196-201

  Kim, Joung Yeon ^a   Kim, Yo Jin ^a   Hong, Won Hi ^a   Wozny, Günter ^b  

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

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esterification; Hydrolysis; Lactic acid; Reactive batch distillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750352654     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02936594     Document Type: Article

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