A review of separation technologies in current and future biorefineries

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Huang, Hua Jiang ^a   Ramaswamy, Shri ^a   Tschirner, U W ^a   Ramarao, B V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Bioprocess engineering; Biorefinery; Detoxification; Ethanol; Separation technologies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; DETOXIFICATION; PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

BIOREFINERIES; PRECURSOR CHEMICALS; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION (VMD);

SEPARATION;

EID: 44749091074     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2007.12.011     Document Type: Review

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