Kraft Lignin: A Valuable, Sustainable Resource, Opportunities and Challenges

DDS Argyropoulos, C Crestini, C Dahlstrand… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Kraft lignin, a by‐product from the production of pulp, is currently incinerated in the recovery
boiler during the chemical recovery cycle, generating valuable bioenergy and recycling …

The role of catalysts in biomass hydrothermal liquefaction and biocrude upgrading

AA Shah, K Sharma, MS Haider, SS Toor… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass is establishing itself as one of the leading
technologies for the conversion of virtually any type of biomass feedstock into drop-in …

Advances and perspectives of bio-oil hydrotreatment for biofuel production

M Gholizadeh, S Zhang, X Hu, Y Wang - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bio-oil is a liquid product produced from the pyrolysis of renewable biomass, and the
potential application of bio-oil as liquid fuel attracts great interest. However, bio-oil has to be …

Incorporating hydrothermal liquefaction into wastewater treatment–Part I: Process optimization for energy recovery and evaluation of product distribution

H Liu, IA Basar, N Lyczko, A Nzihou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The treatment of significant amounts of municipal sewage sludge requires novel and
efficient technologies. This study evaluated hydrothermal liquefaction as a means to …

Sequential extraction and characterization of nitrogen compounds after hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge

J Zimmermann, S Chiaberge, SB Iversen… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic solid wastes such as sewage sludge are potential feedstocks for the production of
drop-in biofuels. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a process that converts the wet sewage …

Extended catalyst lifetime testing for HTL biocrude hydrotreating to produce fuel blendstocks from wet wastes

S Subramaniam, DM Santosa, C Brady… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This paper reports on the catalyst stability of the hydrotreatment of HTL (Hydrothermal
Liquefaction) biocrudes to produce finished liquid transportation fuel blendstocks. We report …

Understanding the effects of feedstock blending and catalyst support on hydrotreatment of algae HTL biocrude with non-edible vegetable oil

P Roy, H Jahromi, T Rahman, S Adhikari… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The performance of cobalt-molybdenum (CoMo) on hydrotreating of algae HTL biocrude
and carinata oil was investigated. Commercial CoMo/Al 2 O 3 (CoMo/Al) and synthesized …

Automotive sustainable diesel blendstock production through biocrude obtained from hydrothermal liquefaction of municipal solid waste

K Kohansal, EL Sanchez, S Khare, KOP Bjørgen… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) bio-crude is known as a potential alternative to
conventional fossil fuels in the existing infrastructure. Although HTL has enormous potential …

Algal bio-oil refinery: A review of heterogeneously catalyzed denitrogenation and demetallization reactions for renewable process

X Liu, Y Guo, A Dasgupta, H He, D Xu, Q Guan - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe ecological and environmental problems such as acid rain, greenhouse gas
emission, atmospheric pollution etc. emerged with the wide application of fossil fuels force …

Catalytic hydroconversion of HTL micro-algal bio-oil into biofuel over NiWS/Al2O3

B da Costa Magalhães, R Checa, C Lorentz… - Algal Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand for energy worldwide and the environmental concerns are increasing over the
years, and microalgae is a potential raw material for third-generation fuel. In this work, the …