Towards deep decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries: A review of current status, technologies and policies

A Nurdiawati, F Urban - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Industries account for about 30% of total final energy consumption worldwide and about
20% of global CO2 emissions. While transitions towards renewable energy have occurred in …

Microalgae from wastewater treatment to biochar–feedstock preparation and conversion technologies

KL Yu, PL Show, HC Ong, TC Ling, JCW Lan… - Energy conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae have received increasing attentions due to its capacity of carbon fixation and
serving as feedstock for producing biofuels and other value-added products. Microalgae can …

Impact of torrefaction on the composition, structure and reactivity of a microalga residue

YC Chen, WH Chen, BJ Lin, JS Chang, HC Ong - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of torrefaction upon the composition, structure, and reactivity of a microalga
residue, which was obtained from Chlamydomonas sp. JSC4 (C. sp. JSC4) undergoing oil …

Scenedesmus obliquus microalga‐based biorefinery – from brewery effluent to bioactive compounds, biofuels and biofertilizers – aiming at a circular bioeconomy

A Ferreira, B Ribeiro, AF Ferreira… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The circular bioeconomy concept relies on the exploitation of wastes as a feedstock of
different biotechnological processes to obtain, as much as possible, a huge spectrum of …

Superhydrophobic and superlipophilic biochar produced from microalga torrefaction and modification for upgrading fuel properties

C Zhang, M Wang, WHH Chen, Y Zhang, A Pétrissans… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Torrefaction operation is an essential pathway for solid biofuel upgrading, and good
hydrophobicity of torrefied biochar is conducive to its storage. Herein, a two-stage treatment …

Scenedesmus obliquus mediated brewery wastewater remediation and CO2 biofixation for green energy purposes

A Ferreira, B Ribeiro, PASS Marques… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae can be used for wastewater bioremediation with simultaneous CO 2 biofixation
producing valuable biomass. Wastewater from a brewery was treated using the …

Novel configuration of supercritical water gasification and chemical looping for highly-efficient hydrogen production from microalgae

A Nurdiawati, IN Zaini, AR Irhamna, D Sasongko… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel system to efficiently produce hydrogen from microalgae, based
on supercritical water gasification and syngas chemical looping, and its conversion to …

Optimization of an integrated algae-based biorefinery for the production of biodiesel, astaxanthin and PHB

CVG Prieto, FD Ramos, V Estrada, MA Villar, MS Diaz - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, we address the optimal design of an integrated microalgae-based biorefinery
through the formulation of a mixed integer nonlinear programming model for the production …

Influence of hydrothermal carbonization conditions on the porosity, functionality, and sorption properties of microalgae hydrochars

I Kozyatnyk, V Benavente, E Weidemann, FG Gentili… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Green microalgae is a possible feedstock for the production of biofuels, chemicals,
food/feed, and medical products. Large-scale microalgae production requires large …

Tetracycline-adsorbed biochar for solid biofuel usage to achieve waste utilization for environmental sustainability

C Zhang, WH Chen, SH Ho, AT Hoang, Y Zhang - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar is widely used to remove organic pollutants from the environment. Several studies
have focused on pollutant removal via biochar adsorption. However, research on the …