Deoxy-liquefaction of switchgrass in supercritical water with calcium formate as an in-situ hydrogen donor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages 575-583

  Ramsurn, Hema ^a   Gupta, Ram B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocrude; Biofuel; Calcium formate; Hydrogen; Hydrothermal liquefaction

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOFUELS; CALCIUM; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUEFACTION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCRUDE; HYDRODEOXYGENATION; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; OXYGENATED COMPOUNDS; OXYGENATED HYDROCARBON; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER;

HYDROGEN;

ALKADIENE; BENZENE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CELLULOSE; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; LIGNIN; OLEIC ACID; PHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER; XYLOSE;

BIOFUEL; CALCIUM; DECOMPOSITION; GRASS; HYDROLYSIS; OXYGENATION; PHENOL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DEOXYGENATION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; HEATING; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUEFACTION; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84880272906     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.06.053     Document Type: Article

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