“Drop-in” fuel production from biomass: Critical review on techno-economic feasibility and sustainability

H Kargbo, JS Harris, AN Phan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the technological and economical feasibilities as well as sustainable
assessment of approaches (thermochemical and biochemical) applied for sustainable “drop …

Sustainability of the four generations of biofuels–a review

NS Mat Aron, KS Khoo, KW Chew… - … Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biofuel has emerged as an alternative source of energy to reduce the emissions of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and combat global warming. Biofuels are classified …

Photothermal technique-enabled ambient production of microalgae biodiesel: Mechanism and life cycle assessment

J Huang, J Wang, Z Huang, T Liu, H Li - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermocatalytic (trans) esterification of oils/lipids to produce biodiesel is generally energy-
consuming, reversible, and controlled by the equilibrium law. Herein, a light-induced …

Valorization of hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase: pathways towards commercial viability

J Watson, T Wang, B Si, WT Chen, A Aierzhati… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a thermochemical conversion technology that shows
promising commercial potential for the production of biocrude oil from wet biomass …

Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass for bio-crude production: A review on feedstocks, chemical compositions, operating parameters, reaction kinetics, techno …

RK Mishra, P Kumar, K Mohanty - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
An in-depth, comprehensive, and critical review of the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL)
technology for maximum yield of biocrude with enhanced properties has been undertaken …

Carbon migration of microalgae from cultivation towards biofuel production by hydrothermal technology: A review

S He, B Barati, X Hu, S Wang - Fuel Processing Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions from fossil fuel burning are recognized as one of the major
causes of climate change, particularly global warming. Thus, to reduce fossil fuels and CO 2 …

A review of hydrothermal biomass processing

K Tekin, S Karagöz, S Bektaş - Renewable and sustainable Energy reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal processing is an important thermochemical conversion process that is used to
convert biomass into valuable products or biofuel. The process is usually performed in water …

Constraints to commercialization of algal fuels

Y Chisti - Journal of biotechnology, 2013 - Elsevier
Production of algal crude oil has been achieved in various pilot scale facilities, but whether
algal fuels can be produced in sufficient quantity to meaningfully displace petroleum fuels …

The potentials and challenges of algae based biofuels: a review of the techno-economic, life cycle, and resource assessment modeling

JC Quinn, R Davis - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
Microalgae biofuel production has been extensively evaluated through resource, economic
and life cycle assessments. Resource assessments consistently identify land as non-limiting …

Process development for hydrothermal liquefaction of algae feedstocks in a continuous-flow reactor

DC Elliott, TR Hart, AJ Schmidt, GG Neuenschwander… - Algal research, 2013 - Elsevier
Wet algae slurries can be converted into an upgradeable biocrude by hydrothermal
liquefaction (HTL). High levels of carbon conversion to gravity separable biocrude product …