Hydrothermal liquefaction of laboratory cultivated and commercial algal biomass into crude bio-oil

Shaobo Liang; Liqing Wei; Maxine L. Passero; Kevin Feris; Armando G. McDonald

doi:10.1002/ep.12629

Hydrothermal liquefaction of laboratory cultivated and commercial algal biomass into crude bio-oil

Shaobo Liang, Liqing Wei, Maxine L. Passero, Kevin Feris, Armando G. McDonald

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This study investigated the production of crude bio-oils from three laboratory cultivated and two commercial grade algal biomass sources via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process. Results demonstrated the crude bio-oils generated from laboratory cultivated algae fed 5% anaerobic digestion effluent as sole nutrient source have similar thermochemical characteristics as comparison with that of derived from commercial algae. The HTL conditions were optimized (300°C for 20 min) and the generated bio-oils were characterized by gas chromatography mass spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry analyses and simulated distillation by thermogravimetric analysis. The bio-oil yields were between 28 and 41%. The bio-oils were mainly comprised of fatty acids and alkanes. These bio-oils can be further upgraded and refined into value added transportation fuels and chemicals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	781-787
Number of pages	7
Journal	Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy
Volume	36
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.12629
State	Published - May 2017

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algae
biofuel
thermal treatment

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of laboratory cultivated and commercial algal biomass into crude bio-oil

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