What is a Surfactant? The term “Surfactant” is a contraction of the term surface-active agent. A Surfactant is a substance that, when present even at very low levels in a system, has the property of absorbing onto the surfaces or interfaces in the system and altering their interfacial free energies in dramatic ways. Surfactants help you wash dirt off of your hands and remove stains from your clothing in the laundry. They allow paints to coat surfaces without beading up or dripping off. They help emulsify grease away from your cookware in the dishwasher. They help your lungs fill with air properly, and they help herbicides “wet” the surfaces of weeds to help crops grow better.
What is a surfactant expert? A Surfactant expert or a Surfactant consultant is someone who has significant background in this area, through education and/or experience. They may have degrees in Chemistry or Surface Science. The Surfactant expert may assist clients/investors in selecting the right surfactant for applications including detergents, dishwashing, coatings, adhesives, polymer foams, defoaming applications, demolding, polymer latexes, agricultural adjuvants, personal care formulations and the like. In matters involving Surfactant litigation, the consultant may serve an expert witness and assist the attorneys with understanding the chemistries and products involved and related technical issues and may testify in court about Surfactant technology, economics and related matters.
Examples of clients who might require the assistance of a Surfactant expert are companies that are in the businesses of household, industrial and institutional cleaning services, laundry detergent products, personal care products, agricultural pesticide formulations, mining, dish soap products, gasoline additives, lubricants, metal working, enhanced oil recovery, textile treatment products, environmental remediation, paint and coating products, baking and aqueous polymer disperions or latexes.
Large renewable energy and biochemical consulting firms like Lee Enterprises Consulting normally offer a wide range of services in biofuels, biochemicals, biotechnologies, biomaterials, synthetic biology commercialization, feedstocks, and hemp/cannabis. These companies should have business and financial services like due diligence, feedstock availability, grants and loans and bio market research. The company also offers technical and engineering related services like techno economic analysis, environmental evaluations, feasibility studies, risk analysis and expert witness engagements. They might also have strategic partnerships in place to assist clients with insurance, legal, accounting, plant fabrication, feedstock procurement.
With over 150 experts worldwide, Lee Enterprises Consulting has experts in many specific clean and renewable areas, including anaerobic digestion, fermentation, biomass, conversion technologies for things like tires and railroad ties, organic synthesis, fuel additives, ethanol gas, biodiesel fuel including algae biofuels, solid state and industrial fermentation, green energy grants, ag biotech, agricultural waste, alcohol fuels, alternative proteins and animal-free products, sustainable foods, beverage fermentation, biocatalysis, biodiesel conversion, biogas production, biomass power, carbon intensity, co2 utilization, combined heat & power, Fischer-Tropsch technology, food waste, hydrothermal carbonization, industrial enzymes, landfill management, microbial fermentation, organic synthesis, plastic pyrolysis, plastic recycling, plastic waste, pyrolysis oil, reactor design, renewable identification number, the Renewable Fuel Standard (rfs2), solid recovered fuels, torrefaction and torrefied biomass, waste to energy, and waste-to-hydrogen. This is a multidisciplinary group of green energy consultants that is a virtual “one stop shop” for any client need and handles projects of all types and sizes.
Look at our experts and the services we provide. Most of our experts are also available to advise and serve as expert witnesses in bioeconomy litigation matters. For the larger projects, we specialize in putting together full service, interdisciplinary teams with one point of contact. See video about LEC here. Call us at 1+ (501) 833-8511 or email us for more information.
