FOAM ADSORPTION

• Main Authors: DEL AMOR VILLA, EVA MARIA, BLANK, LARS, KUEPPER, BENJAMIN, NOWACKI, CHRISTIAN, WICHMANN, ROLF
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.10.2014
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPIRITS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides methods for the isolation of an amphipathic, hydrophobic or hydrophilic compound from a medium that is either hydrophilic or hydrophobic, respectively, said methods comprising allowing the formation and/or accumulation of foam comprising said compound at the medium-gas interface, applying said foam directly onto an adsorbent which effects collapse of said foam, and isolating said adsorbed compound by desorption.