Fast hydrothermal liquefaction for production of chemicals and biofuels from wet biomass – The need to develop a plug-flow reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2016, Pages 327-332

  Tran, Khanh Quang ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass liquefaction; Direct liquefaction; HTL; Hydrothermal liquefaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MASS TRANSFER;

BIOMASS LIQUEFACTION; CURRENT STATUS; DIRECT LIQUEFACTION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; REACTION SYSTEM; REACTOR MATERIALS;

LIQUEFACTION;

BIOFUEL; WATER;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LIQUEFACTION; MASS TRANSFER; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CATALYST; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION; HYPERBARISM; LIQUEFACTION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; WET BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; PROCEDURES;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84964335747     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.04.002     Document Type: Review

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