A preliminary study on the application of membrane separation technique for the refining of the sugarcane wax from filter press cake

• Main Authors: Cruz, Daniel Allan B., Quitasol, Ivy B., Salonga, Redentor J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2000
• Subjects: Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_honors/144
• Institution: De La Salle University

Abstract. With the increasing demand on the vegetable waxes, various studies have been conducted to recover sugarcane wax from filter press cake. However, the wax obtained on such studies has qualities not desirable for industrial application. In the present study, membrane separation technique and...