Hydrothermal liquefaction of Spirulina and Nannochloropsis salina under subcritical and supercritical water conditions

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 413-419

  Toor, Saqib S ^a   Reddy, Harvind ^b   Deng, Shuguang ^b   Hoffmann, Jessica ^a   Spangsmark, Dorte ^a   Madsen, Linda B ^a   Holm Nielsen, Jens Bo ^a   Rosendahl, Lasse A ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal biofuel; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Nannochloropsis salina; Spirulina; Subcritical water

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; LIQUEFACTION; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER RECYCLING;

ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SALINA; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PLATENSIS; PRELIMINARY DATA; RECYCLING PROCESS; SOLID RESIDUES; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; SUB-CRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER CONDITIONS; WATER SAMPLES;

EXTRACTION;

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; MINERAL; PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LIPID; LIQUEFACTION; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN; RECYCLING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS LIQUEFACTION; CALORIMETER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOISTURE; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SALINA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84873119602     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.144     Document Type: Article

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