Hydrothermal liquefaction for algal biorefinery: A critical review

C Tian, B Li, Z Liu, Y Zhang, H Lu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) has recently received increasing attention due to its
advantages in rapid reaction, using wet feedstocks with no lipid-content restriction. These …

Waste-to-Energy biofuel production potential for selected feedstocks in the conterminous United States

RL Skaggs, AM Coleman, TE Seiple… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technologies offer the promise of diverting organic wastes,
including wastewater sludge, livestock waste, and food waste, for beneficial energy use …

Hydrothermal liquefaction of mixed-culture algal biomass from wastewater treatment system into bio-crude oil

WT Chen, Y Zhang, J Zhang, G Yu, LC Schideman… - Bioresource …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, a mixed-culture algal biomass harvested from a functioning wastewater
treatment system (AW) was hydrothermally converted into bio-crude oils. The highest bio …

Co-liquefaction of swine manure and mixed-culture algal biomass from a wastewater treatment system to produce bio-crude oil

WT Chen, Y Zhang, J Zhang, L Schideman, G Yu… - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This study explored the feasibility of combining two types of feedstocks, swine manure (SW)
and mixed-culture algae (AW) from wastewater treatment systems, for bio-crude oil …

Energy valorisation of food processing residues and model compounds by hydrothermal liquefaction

M Déniel, G Haarlemmer, A Roubaud… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The upcoming depletion of fossil fuels calls for the development of alternative energies
produced from renewable resources. Particularly, energy valorisation of agriculture and food …

Renewable diesel blendstocks produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of wet biowaste

WT Chen, Y Zhang, TH Lee, Z Wu, B Si, CFF Lee… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Processing wet biowaste to create a useful product, a practice called valorization, is
environmentally sustainable and has the potential to augment energy production. Biocrude …

Life cycle comparison of hydrothermal liquefaction and lipid extraction pathways to renewable diesel from algae

ED Frank, A Elgowainy, J Han, Z Wang - Mitigation and adaptation …, 2013 - Springer
Algae biomass is an attractive biofuel feedstock when grown with high productivity on
marginal land. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) produces more oil from algae than lipid …

[HTML][HTML] Recalcitrant dissolved organic nitrogen formation in thermal hydrolysis pretreatment of municipal sludge

D Zhang, Y Feng, H Huang, W Khunjar… - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) has been considered as an advanced approach to
enhance the performance of anaerobic digestion treating municipal sludge. However …

Understanding low-lipid algae hydrothermal liquefaction characteristics and pathways through hydrothermal liquefaction of algal major components: Crude …

W Yang, X Li, Z Li, C Tong, L Feng - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
Crude polysaccharides and proteins extracted from algae were chosen as model materials
to investigate the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) characteristics and pathways of low-lipid …

Techno-economic uncertainty analysis of wet waste-to-biocrude via hydrothermal liquefaction

S Li, Y Jiang, LJ Snowden-Swan, JA Askander… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Wet waste hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) has the potential to make economically
competitive and environmentally sustainable biocrude. However, there are few studies …