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Modern methods of detergent manufacture
Author(s) -
Appel Peter W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of surfactants and detergents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1558-9293
pISSN - 1097-3958
DOI - 10.1007/s11743-000-0144-x
Subject(s) - chemistry , process (computing) , focus (optics) , process engineering , biochemical engineering , nanotechnology , computer science , engineering , physics , materials science , optics , operating system
It is convenient to split past trends in detergent manufacture into three periods: the 1980s, the early 1990s, and more recent trends. In this review, the focus is on this decade, in which the detergent industry has implemented the most fundamental changes in process technology of these decades. At the same time, however, these changes can be better appreciated by understanding (i) the limitations of the spray‐drying process as the industry's traditional workhorse and (ii) the driving forces for change.