Upgrading of hydrothermal liquefaction biocrude from algae grown in municipal wastewater

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-156

  Wang, Zhouhong ^a   Adhikari, Sushil ^a   Valdez, Peter ^b   Shakya, Rajdeep ^a   Laird, Cassidy ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Algae Systems LLC   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Hydrotreating; Isoparaffin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ALGAE; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON; COBALT DEPOSITS; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUIDS; PHOTOBIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; HYDROGEN TREATMENTS; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; HYDROTREATING; ISO-PARAFFIN; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; WEIGHT HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84944219044     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.10.015     Document Type: Article

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