Hydrothermal liquefaction of low lipid content microalgae into bio-crude oil

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Yu, G ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Schideman, L ^a   Funk, T L ^a   Wang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Microalgae; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ALGAL SPECIES; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; AQUEOUS PHASE PRODUCTS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; DRY MASS; ENERGY INPUTS; GASEOUS PRODUCTS; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION; INITIAL PRESSURE; LIPID CONTENT; MICROALGAE; OIL PRODUCT; OIL YIELD; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC GROWTH; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REACTION TIME; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLUBLE FRACTION; THREE PHASIS;

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; CRUDE OIL; ECOLOGY; LIQUEFACTION; MICROORGANISMS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFINING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TOLUENE;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CRUDE OIL; GREEN ALGA; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LIPID; LIQUEFACTION; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TOLUENE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA;

EID: 79951818853     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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