Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 101, Issue 19, Pages 7653-7657Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.04.095
Keywords
Sedum plumbizincicola; Biomass; Hydrothermal upgrading process; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulator
Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [50804056]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [20080431028]
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The main aim of this study was to separate heavy metals and yield crude bio-oil from a heavy metals hyperaccumulator harvest, Sedum plumbizincicola, through hydrothermal upgrading process. Parameters such as granularity, temperature, pressure, and duration were examined for their effect on the removal efficiency of heavy metals and upgrading efficacy of crude bio-oil. Maximum heavy metal removal efficiency of >99% and crude bio-oil upgrading efficiency of >63% were attained with an 18 mesh (1 mm) granularity, and 22.1 MPa at 370 degrees C in the presence of 10 mg/L additives for 60s. Under these optimized conditions, an oil phase (mostly composed of phenolic hydrocarbons and derivatives), a water phase raffinate containing Zn2+ (0.39 g/L), Pb2+ (0.10 g/L), Cu2+ (0.16 g/L), and a solid phase (the hydrothermal upgrading residue, which completely satisfies the limit set by China legislation related to biosolids disposal, were obtained). (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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