Synthesis of lactic acid by alkaline hydrothermal conversion of glycerol at high glycerol concentration

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6270-6278

  Ramírez López, Camilo A ^a   Ochoa Gómez, José R ^b   Fernández Santos, María ^a   Gómez Jiménez Aberasturi, Olga ^a   Alonso Vicario, Ainhoa ^a   Torrecilla Soria, Jesús ^a  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ALFONSO X EL SABIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SEPARATION; AUTOGENOUS PRESSURE; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CONVERSION ROUTES; CRUDE GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL CONCENTRATION; HYDROTHERMAL CONVERSION; MOLAR RATIO; REACTION TIME; SODIUM ACRYLATES; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM LACTATE;

BODY FLUIDS; BYPRODUCTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRODIALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SODIUM;

GLYCEROL;

EID: 79952465073     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1001586     Document Type: Article

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