Lactic acid properties, applications and production: A review

FAC Martinez, EM Balciunas, JM Salgado… - Trends in food science & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Lactic acid was discovered in 1780 by CW Scheele in sour milk, and in 1881 Fermi obtained
lactic acid by fermentation, resulting in its industrial production. The yearly world 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 …

Low grade thermal energy sources and uses from the process industry in the UK

Y Ammar, S Joyce, R Norman, Y Wang, AP Roskilly - Applied Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Thermal energy loss in the process industry is a significant issue due to the high
temperatures and multiple heat intensive processes involved. High-grade thermal energy is …

Acidic organic compounds in beverage, food, and feed production

H Quitmann, R Fan, P Czermak - Biotechnology of food and feed additives, 2014 - Springer
<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Organic acids and their derivatives are frequently
used in beverage, food, and feed production. Acidic additives may act as buffers to regulate …

Green solvent production of ethyl lactate via process intensification

MI Taipabu, K Viswanathan, HT Chen, W Wu - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Ethyl lactate is a green solvent with many applications in the chemical industry.
Several studies of ethyl lactate production can be found in the available literature, including …

Potential and assessment of lactic acid production and isolation–a review

S Jantasee, M Kienberger, N Mungma… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of commodity plastics is made from petroleum‐based chemicals. Lactic acid
serves as a monomer for the production of the biodegradable polymer polylactic acid (PLA) …

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 …

Lactic acid production from cellobiose and xylose by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

TL Turner, GC Zhang, EJ Oh… - Biotechnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient and rapid production of value‐added chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass is an
important step toward a sustainable society. Lactic acid, used for synthesizing the bioplastic …

Structures, chemotaxonomic significance, cytotoxic and Na+, K+-ATPase inhibitory activities of new cardenolides from Asclepias curassavica

RR Zhang, HY Tian, YF Tan, TY Chung… - Organic & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Five new cardenolide lactates (1–5) and one new dioxane double linked cardenolide
glycoside (17) along with 15 known compounds (6–16 and 18–21) were isolated from the …

Transition of a South African sugar mill towards a biorefinery. A feasibility assessment

ER Pachón, P Vaskan, JK Raman, E Gnansounou - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The survival of the sugar industry in South Africa is under threat due to an unstable and low
sugar price, high production cost and old infrastructure. At present, coal and sugarcane …