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Recovery of citric acid – a review

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The requirement of citric acid is increasing every year. Therefore, it is important to have an efficient recovery method following the production of citric acid. At present, most of the manufacturers use the classical method of citric acid recovery which is a precipitation technique using calcium salt followed by filtration and subsequently treated with sulphuric acid. This review focuses on the new developments of recovery of citric acid from the fermentation broth.

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  1. Biochemical Engineering Division, Biotechnology Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai 600 036, India, , , , , , IN

    T. Panda

  2. Materials and Energy Research Centre, Teheran P. Box: 14155–4777. I. R. Iran, , , , , , IR

    M. Pazouki

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Received: 5 January 1998

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Pazouki, M., Panda, T. Recovery of citric acid – a review. Bioprocess Engineering 19, 435–439 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00009029

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