Significant thermal energy reduction in lactic acid production process

IM Mujtaba, EA Edreder, M Emtir - Applied energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Lactic acid is widely used as a raw material for the production of biodegradable polymers
and in food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The global market for lactic acid is …

Innovative reactive distillation process for the sustainable purification of lactic acid

C González-Navarrete… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lactic acid is commonly used in a wide range of fields, such as cosmetics, pharmaceutical
products, chemistry, and food. During recent years, its use for new applications, such as the …

Lactic acid purification by reactive distillation system using design of experiments

A Komesu, PFM Martinez, BH Lunelli… - … and Processing: Process …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, lactic acid purification using reactive distillation system was evaluated. Factorial
experimental design is used to evaluate the influence of parameters and their interactions …

A heat-integrated reactive distillation process for methyl lactate hydrolysis

A Anbreen, N Ramzan, M Faheem - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lactic acid is predominantly produced through microbial fermentation of renewable
feedstocks. However, direct separation and purification of lactic acid from the fermentation …

[PDF][PDF] Optimization of batch reactive distillation process: production of lactic acid

EA Edreder, IM Mujtaba, M Emtir - Computer Aided Chemical …, 2010 - academia.edu
Lactic acid is widely used as a raw material for the production of biodegradable polymers,
food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The global market for lactic acid is set to …

Recovery of lactic acid by batch reactive distillation

R Kumar, SM Mahajani, H Nanavati… - Journal of Chemical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Lactic acid, being virtually a non‐boiling compound, is difficult to separate from its aqueous
solution by conventional methods such as distillation. It is necessary to convert it to the …

A continuous process for the recovery of lactic acid by reactive distillation

R Kumar, H Nanavati, SB Noronha… - Journal of Chemical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Separation and purification of lactic acid from the fermentation broth are difficult because of
its non‐volatile nature and the presence of other organic acids. Esterification of lactic acid …

Purification of lactic acid produced by fermentation: focus on non-traditional distillation processes

A Komesu, MR Wolf Maciel… - Separation & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Lactic acid is commonly used in a wide range of fields such as cosmetics, pharmaceutical
products, chemistry and food. During the last years, its use for new applications such as …

Techno-economic analysis of alternative reactive purification technologies in the lactic acid production process.

R Gasca-González, OA Prado-Rubio… - Computer Aided …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lactic acid is one of the most important organic acids on the market due to its wide field of
applications. The bio-production of lactic acid has acquired great attention due to the …

Methyl lactate synthesis using batch reactive distillation: Operational challenges and strategy for enhanced performance

DY Aqar, N Rahmanian, IM Mujtaba - Separation and Purification …, 2016 - Elsevier
Batch reactive distillation is well known for improved conversion and separation of desired
reaction products. However, for a number of reactions, the distillation can separate the …