Isolation and analysis of wax esters from activated sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 9518-9523

  Huynh, Lien Huong ^a   Do, Quy Diem ^a   Kasim, Novy Srihartati ^a   Ju, Yi Hsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Fatty acid; Fatty alcohol; Wax ester

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; DRY SLUDGE; FATTY ALCOHOLS; NEUTRAL LIPID; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRE-TREATMENT; WAX ESTER; WAX ESTERS;

ALCOHOLS; BIODIESEL; BLEACHING; CLEANING; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD PROCESSING;

ESTERS;

ALKANE; BIODIESEL; CARBON; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; LIPID; WAX;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BLEACHING; CRUDE OIL; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FOOD PROCESSING; WAX;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIPASE; SAPONINS; SEWAGE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80052727079     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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