Separation of a high-value pharmaceutical compound from waste ethanol by nanofiltration

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1635-1641

  Martínez, M Brito ^a   Van der Bruggen, B ^b   Negrin, Z Rodriguez ^a   Luis Alconero, P ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

API recovery; Cross flow nanofiltration; Membrane synthesis; Pharmaceutical production

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS; CROSS FLOWS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; MEMBRANE SYNTHESIS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION CYCLE; SCALE SYSTEM;

ETHANOL; NANOFILTRATION; RECOVERY;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84865067634     PISSN: 1226086X     EISSN: 22345957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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