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Microalgae bio-oil production by pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction: Mechanism and characteristics

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Summary: This study investigated the effects of absorbent SiC and catalyst TiO2 on the microwave-assisted pyrolysis of Chlorella vulgaris. The compound additive showed a significant promoting effect on the bio-oil yield and composition, with the addition amount and mixing ratio having a noticeable impact on the pyrolysis results.

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Accelerating the production of bio-oil from hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae via recycled biochar-supported catalysts

Sabariswaran Kandasamy et al.

Summary: The study demonstrates that the recycled biochar nanocomposite can improve the bio-oil yield and quality of microalgae hydrothermal liquefaction. Optimal conditions include low biochar concentration, low temperature, and short residence time.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2021)

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A review on key design and operational parameters to optimize and develop hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass for biorefinery applications

Ibrahim Alper Basar et al.

Summary: The increase in environmental awareness has led to a shift towards renewable energy sources and waste valorization technologies. Among these, biomass conversion and biofuels, especially through hydrothermal liquefaction, have gained significant attention for their potential in existing infrastructure. However, there are still gaps in optimization, reactor design, and catalyst effects that require further exploration. This review summarizes the current state and importance of hydrothermal liquefaction, providing a reference point for future research in the field.

GREEN CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Effects of reaction parameter on catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae into hydrocarbon rich bio-oil

Bingzhi Liu et al.

Summary: The catalytic liquefaction of Spirulina microalgae using Co/CNT and Ni/CNT catalysts can significantly improve bio-oil quality and yield, while reducing bio-char yield; higher percentages of hydrocarbons can be obtained under ethanol solvent.

JOURNAL OF THE ENERGY INSTITUTE (2021)

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Co-pyrolysis of microalgae and municipal solid waste: A thermogravimetric study to discern synergy during co-pyrolysis process

S. S. V. Varsha et al.

Summary: Synergism during the co-pyrolysis of microalgae, municipal solid waste, and their blends was evaluated based on thermal decomposition pattern, evolved gases, rate and extent of thermal decomposition, and kinetic parameters. Microalgae showed thermal resistance, while municipal solid waste was thermally sensitive. The obtained thermal and kinetic data can serve as a basis for scale-up and reactor design of pyrolysis process for similar waste streams.

JOURNAL OF THE ENERGY INSTITUTE (2021)

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Recent advances in the catalytic pyrolysis of microalgae

Jechan Lee et al.

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Effect of low-temperature catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of Spirulina platensis

Sabariswaran Kandasamy et al.

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Catalytic co-pyrolysis behaviors, product characteristics and kinetics of rural solid waste and chlorella vulgaris

Fangfang Tang et al.

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Use of Co-Solvents in Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) of Microalgae

Yang Han et al.

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A review on the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass for the bio-oil production with ZSM-5: Focus on structure

Nishu et al.

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Kinetic study of the pyrolysis of microalgae under nitrogen and CO2 atmosphere

Yu Hong et al.

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Two-step sub/supercritical water and ethanol processes for non- catalytic biodiesel production

Aso A. Hassan et al.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING-PROCESS INTENSIFICATION (2020)

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A state-of-the-art review on thermochemical conversion of biomass for biofuel production: A TG-FTIR approach

Hwai Chyuan Ong et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2020)

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State of art review on conventional and advanced pyrolysis of macroalgae and microalgae for biochar, bio-oil and bio-syngas production

Xin Jiat Lee et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2020)

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Influence of biomass type on the composition of bio-oils from ablative fast pyrolysis

Milos Auersvald et al.

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Recent development of hydrothermal liquefaction for algal biorefinery

X. Gu et al.

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Study on catalytic pyrolysis mechanism of seaweed polysaccharide monomer

Chuan Yuan et al.

COMBUSTION AND FLAME (2020)

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Characterization of Chemically and Physically Activated Carbons from Lignocellulosic Ethanol Lignin-Rich Stream via Hydrothermal Carbonization and Slow Pyrolysis Pretreatment

Edoardo Miliotti et al.

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Pyrolysis of microalgae biomass over carbonate catalysts

Ana Filipa Ferreira et al.

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Slow pyrolysis of Spirulina platensis for the production of nitrogenous compounds and potential routes for their separation

K. C. Rocha et al.

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In-situ catalytic pyrolysis upgradation of microalgae into hydrocarbon rich bio-oil: Effects of nitrogen and carbon dioxide environment

Liyuan Mo et al.

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On the pyrolysis of different microalgae species in a conical spouted bed reactor: Bio-fuel yields and characterization

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A state-of-the-art review on dual purpose seaweeds utilization for wastewater treatment and crude bio-oil production

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Renewable production of nitrogen-containing compounds and hydrocarbons from catalytic microwave-assisted pyrolysis of chlorella over metal-doped HZSM-5 catalysts

Haohao Wu et al.

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In situandEx situCatalytic Pyrolysis of Microalgae and Integration With Pyrolytic Fractionation

Yaser Shirazi et al.

FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY (2020)

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Co-pyrolysis of South African bituminous coal and Scenedesmus microalgae: Kinetics and synergistic effects study

Bothwell Nyoni et al.

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Bio-oil production from residual biomass of microalgae after lipid extraction: The case of Dunaliella Sp

Taher Shahi et al.

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Hydrothermal Catalytic Upgrading of Model Compounds of Algae-Based Bio-Oil to Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons over Hierarchical HZSM-5

Qi Lu et al.

INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH (2020)

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of Nostoc ellipsosporum biomass grown in municipal wastewater under optimized conditions for bio-oil production

Thangavelu Eswary Devi et al.

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Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae over mesoporous silica-based materials with site-separated acids and bases

Jianwen Lu et al.

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Core-shell nanostructured heteropoly acid-functionalized metal-organic frameworks: Bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst for efficient biodiesel production

Yukwon Jeon et al.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2019)

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The independent and coupled effects of feedstock characteristics and reaction conditions on biocrude production by hydrothermal liquefaction

David C. Hietala et al.

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Co-pyrolysis of microalgae and plastic: Characteristics and interaction effects

Ziyue Tang et al.

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High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Study of the Bio-Oil Samples Produced by Thermal Liquefaction of Microalgae in Different Solvents

Yury Kostyukevich et al.

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A review of recent developments of pre-treatment technologies and hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae for bio-crude oil production

Yulin Hu et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2019)

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Investigation on the co-pyrolysis mechanism of seaweed and rice husk with multi-method comprehensive study

Shannan Xu et al.

RENEWABLE ENERGY (2019)

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Pyrolysis of microalgae: A critical review

Changyan Yang et al.

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Carbon conversion and stabilisation of date palm and high rate algal pond (microalgae) biomass through slow pyrolysis

Ali Akhtar et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH (2019)

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Biofuel production through micro- and macroalgae pyrolysis - A review of pyrolysis methods and process parameters

Sara Pourkarimi et al.

JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS (2019)

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Characterization and comparison of pyrolysis products from fast pyrolysis of commercial Chlorella vulgaris and cultivated microalgae

Farid Sotoudehniakarani et al.

JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS (2019)

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Effects of the aqueous phase recycling on bio-oil yield in hydrothermal liquefaction of Spirulina Platensis, α-cellulose, and lignin

Haitao Chen et al.

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Comparison and characterization of property variation of microalgal biomass with non-oxidative and oxidative torrefaction

Congyu Zhang et al.

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Microalgae harvest influences the energy recovery: A case study on chemical flocculation of Scenedesmus obliquus for biodiesel and crude bio-oil production

Shuang Wang et al.

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Investigation on co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and amino acids using TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS

Hanping Chen et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2019)

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Microwave-assisted solubilization of microalgae in high-temperature ethylene glycol

Shuntaro Tsubaki et al.

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Catalytic upgrading of hydrothermal liquefaction biocrudes: Different challenges for different feedstocks

Daniele Castello et al.

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Effect of pulsed electric field treatment on enzymatic hydrolysis of proteins of Scenedesmus almeriensis

Sahar Akaberi et al.

ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS (2019)

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Influence of physicochemical properties of metal modified ZSM-5 catalyst on benzene, toluene and xylene production from biomass catalytic pyrolysis

Qingfeng Che et al.

BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY (2019)

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Characterization of products derived from the high temperature flash pyrolysis of microalgae and rice hulls

Aaron W. Palumbo et al.

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae using Fe3O4 nanostructures as efficient catalyst for the production of bio-oil: Optimization of reaction parameters by response surface methodology

Sabariswaran Kandasamy et al.

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A review on the hydrothermal processing of microalgal biomass to bio-oil - Knowledge gaps and recent advances

Thangavel Mathimani et al.

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Recently developed methods to enhance stability of heterogeneous catalysts for conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks

Soosan Kim et al.

KOREAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2019)

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Pyrolysis Behaviours of Microalgae Nannochloropsis gaditana

Michal Adamczyk et al.

WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION (2018)

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A study on microwave-assisted fast co-pyrolysis of chlorella and tire in the N2 and CO2 atmospheres

Shiwen Fang et al.

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Catalytic and non-catalytic hydrothermal processing of Scenedesmus obliquus biomass for bio-crude production - A sustainable energy perspective

Shankha Koley et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2018)

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Bio-oil production from hydrothermal liquefaction of ultrasonic pre-treated Spirulina platensis

Bo Zhang et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2018)

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Cultivation, characterization, and properties of Chlorella vulgaris microalgae with different lipid contents and effect on fast pyrolysis oil composition

Ioannis-Dimosthenis Adamakis et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH (2018)

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Quality of bio-oil from catalytic pyrolysis of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris

Nur Hidayah Zainan et al.

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Characterization and product formation during the catalytic and non-catalytic pyrolysis of the green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

L. A. Andrade et al.

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Ceria on alumina support for catalytic pyrolysis of Pavlova sp microalgae to high-quality bio-oils

Tevfik Aysu et al.

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A synergistic effect during the co-pyrolysis of Nannochloropsis sp and palm kernel shell for aromatic hydrocarbon production

Guozhang Chang et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2018)

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Renewable fuels from pyrolysis of Dunaliella tertiolecta: An alternative approach to biochemical conversions of microalgae

Nejmi Soyler et al.

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Comparative study on flash pyrolysis characteristics of microalgal and lignocellulosic biomass in entrained-flow reactor

Kristina Maliutina et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2017)

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Effects of titania based catalysts on in-situ pyrolysis of Pavlova microalgae

Tevfik Aysu et al.

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Bio-oil production from refinery oily sludge using hydrothermal liquefaction technology

Mohammad Ali Nazem et al.

JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS (2017)

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Catalytic upgrading of bio-products derived from pyrolysis of red macroalgae Gracilaria gracilis with a promising novel micro/mesoporous catalyst

Omid Norouzi et al.

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Pyrolysis characteristics and pathways of protein, lipid and carbohydrate isolated from microalgae Nannochloropsis sp.

Xin Wang et al.

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Catalytic Hydrotreatment of algal biocrude from fast Hydrothermal Liquefaction

Bhavish Patel et al.

RENEWABLE ENERGY (2017)

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Temperature effect on hydrothermal liquefaction of Nannochloropsis gaditana and Chlorella sp.

Harvind Kumar Reddy et al.

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Co-pyrolysis of microalgae and sewage sludge: Biocrude assessment and char yield prediction

Xin Wang et al.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT (2016)

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Characterization of bio-oil and its sub-fractions from pyrolysis of Scenedesmus dimorphus

Neonjyoti Bordoloi et al.

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Comparative study on pyrolysis of lignocellulosic and algal biomass using a thermogravimetric and a fixed-bed reactor

Ting Yuan et al.

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Conversion efficiency and oil quality of low-lipid high-protein and high-lipid low-protein microalgae via hydrothermal liquefaction

Hao Li et al.

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of Spirulina and Nannochloropsis salina under subcritical and supercritical water conditions

Saqib S. Toor et al.

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Fast pyrolysis of microalgae remnants in a fluidized bed reactor for bio-oil and biochar production

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