Separation technologies for current and future biorefineries-status and potential of membrane-based separation

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 673-690

  Jiang, Lan Ying ^a   Zhu, Jia Ming ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; OPTIMIZATION; RECOVERY; REFINING;

BIOETHANOL RECOVERY; ENGINEERING ASPECTS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES; SUPPORTED LIQUID MEMBRANE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84885932383     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.73     Document Type: Review

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