Fast microwave-assisted pyrolysis of microalgae using microwave absorbent and HZSM-5 catalyst

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 518-526

  Borges, Fernanda Cabral ^a,b   Xie, Qinglong ^a   Min, Min ^a   Muniz, Luis AntÔnio Rezende ^b   Farenzena, Marcelo ^b   Trierweiler, Jorge Otávio ^b   Chen, Paul ^a   Ruan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bio oil; Fast pyrolysis; Microalgae; Microwave; Model compounds

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGAE; BIOFUELS; MICROORGANISMS; MICROWAVES; SILICON CARBIDE; TEMPERATURE;

BIO OIL; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FAST PYROLYSIS; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROWAVE ABSORBENT; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED PYROLYSIS; MODEL COMPOUND;

CATALYSTS;

ABSORBENT; BIOCHAR; BIOFUEL; CHARCOAL;

ABSORPTION; BIOFUEL; CATALYST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROALGA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHLORELLA; MICROALGA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CHARCOAL; CHLORELLA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROALGAE; MICROWAVES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84902584671     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.100     Document Type: Article

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