A review on process conditions for optimum bio-oil yield in hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1615-1624

  Akhtar, Javaid ^a   Amin, Nor Aishah Saidina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bio oil; Biomass; Hydrothermal; Liquefaction; Supercritical

Indexed keywords

BIO OIL; BIO-OIL YIELD; BIOMASS PARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN DONOR SOLVENT; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL DECOMPOSITION; LIQUID PRODUCTS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESSING CONDITION; PRODUCT TYPES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLVENT MEDIA; SUPER-CRITICAL;

DECOMPOSITION; LIQUEFACTION; SOLVENTS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 78651098927     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.11.054     Document Type: Review

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