Techno-economic Sensitivity Analysis of Large Scale Chitosan Production Process from Shrimp Shell Wastes

Chitin is one the most abundant natural amino-polysaccharides in nature, it is found in the exoskeleton of many arthropods on earth, being the main component of these ones. Great quantities of crustaceans are processed daily for human consumption, generating big shell wastes to should be correctly t...

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Main Authors: Karen Cogollo-Herrera, Heidy Bonfante-Alvarez, Gezira De Avila-Montiel, Adriana Herrera-Barros, Angel D. Gonzalez-Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2018-08-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/794