Nutrient Flows and Quality of Bio-crude Oil Produced via Catalytic Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Low-Lipid Microalgae

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1317-1328

  Yu, Guo ^a   Zhang, Yuanhui ^a   Guo, Bin ^b   Funk, Ted ^a   Schideman, Lance ^a  

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

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio crude oil; Catalyst; Environment enhancing energy; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Low lipid microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOILING POINT; CRUDE OIL; LIQUEFACTION; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ALKALINE CATALYSTS; BOILING POINT DISTRIBUTION; CARBON DEPOSITION; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; ENVIRONMENT-ENHANCING ENERGY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; MICRO-ALGAE;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84912080404     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9471-3     Document Type: Article

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