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Macroalgae as a potential source of biomass for generation of biofuel: Artificial intelligence, challenges, and future insights towards a sustainable environment

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of macroalgae: Influence of zeolites based catalyst on products

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of Ulva prolifera macroalgae and the influence of base catalysts on products

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Advances in the pretreatment of brown macroalgae for biogas production

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Optimum lipid production using agro-industrial wastewater treated microalgae as biofuel substrate

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Continuous hydrothermal liquefaction of macroalgae in the presence of organic co-solvents

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of four brown macro-algae commonly found on the UK coasts: An energetic analysis of the process and comparison with bio-chemical conversion methods

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of macro algae: Effect of feedstock composition

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Suitability of hydrothermal liquefaction as a conversion route to produce biofuels from macroalgae

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Lipid production by microalgae Chlorella pyrenoidosa cultivated in palm oil mill effluent (POME) using hybrid photo bioreactor (HPBR)

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Biocrude yield and productivity from the hydrothermal liquefaction of marine and freshwater green macroalgae

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Effects of nitrogen source on enhancing growth conditions of green algae to produce higher lipid

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Direct hydrothermal liquefaction of undried macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera using acid catalysts

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Biomass combustion with CO2 capture by chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU)

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Efficient ethanol production from brown macroalgae sugars by a synthetic yeast platform

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Fast hydrothermal liquefaction of a Norwegian macro-alga: Screening tests

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Preparation and characteristics of bio-oil from the marine brown alga Sargassum patens C. Agardh

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Biomethanation potential of macroalgae Ulva spp. and Gracilaria spp. and in co-digestion with waste activated sludge

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Concomitant extraction of bio-oil and value added polysaccharides from Chlorella sorokiniana using a unique sequential hydrothermal extraction technology

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The characteristics of bio-oil produced from the pyrolysis of three marine macroalgae

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of the brown macro-alga Laminaria Saccharina: Effect of reaction conditions on product distribution and composition

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Comparative energy life-cycle analyses of microalgal biomass production in open ponds and photobioreactors

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Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera to Bio-oil

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An overview of the chemical composition of biomass

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Classification of macroalgae as fuel and its thermochemical behaviour

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