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Continuous Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids from Fermentation Broth Using Hollow-Fiber Membranes
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[Determining factors on the steady operation of immersed membrane process]

Hong-Da Han1, Dong-Sheng Wang, Ping Gu

  • 1Institute of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300160, China. hanhongda@126.com

Huan Jing Ke Xue= Huanjing Kexue
|January 16, 2009
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