Technical issues in the large-scale hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgal biomass to biocrude

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 85-89

  Lee, Andrew ^a   Lewis, David ^a,b   Kalaitzidis, Theo ^a   Ashman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Muradel Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WASTE HEAT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; HEAT OF REACTION; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE REACTORS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MICROALGAL BIOMASS; PROCESS ECONOMICS; REACTOR DESIGNS;

LIQUEFACTION;

BIOFUEL; NITROGEN; EMULSION;

BIOCRUDE; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CORROSION; EMULSION; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION; LIQUEFACTION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECYCLING; REVIEW; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; METABOLISM; TIME FACTOR;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; EMULSIONS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84957579717     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.01.004     Document Type: Review

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