Acetic Acid Production and Purification: Critical Review Towards Process Intensification

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 44-61

  Pal, Parimal ^a   Nayak, Jayato ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; membrane reactor; microfiltration; nanofiltration; scale up

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MANUFACTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; PURIFICATION;

ACETIC ACID PRODUCTIONS; CONVENTIONAL MANUFACTURING; DOWNSTREAM SEPARATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SCALE-UP;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84994091841     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2016.1185017     Document Type: Review

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