Purification of Lactic Acid Produced by Fermentation: Focus on Non-traditional Distillation Processes

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 241-254

  Komesu, Andrea ^a   Wolf Maciel, Maria Regina ^a   Rocha de Oliveira, Johnatt Allan ^b   da Silva Martins, Luiza Helena ^a   Maciel Filho, Rubens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

fermentation; Lactic acid; molecular distillation; purification; reactive distillation; separation processes; traditional distillation

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DISTILLATION; FERMENTATION; PURIFICATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMER; LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR DISTILLATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION; SEPARATION PROCESS;

LACTIC ACID;

EID: 85024832332     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2016.1260034     Document Type: Review

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