Surfactants from Waste Biomass

Surfactants from Renewable Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 167-189

  García Becerra, Flor Yunuen ^a   Allen, David Grant ^a   Acosta, Edgar Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant or bio based surfactants; Compost isolated humic acid like material (cHAL); Critical micelle concentration (CMC) for rhamnolipids; Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and environmental remediation; Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs); Nonaqueous phase liquids or NAPLs; Surfactants from waste biomass; Surfactants from waste biomass biological transformation; Typical glycolipid biosurfactants; Waste biomass transformation into bio based surfactants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886013443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470686607.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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