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Machine learning for hydrothermal treatment of biomass: A review

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Leaching Char with Acidic Aqueous Phase from Biomass Pyrolysis: Removal of Alkali and Alkaline-Earth Metallic Species and Uptakes of Water-Soluble Organics

Tianlong Liu et al.

Summary: The study introduces a new method of leaching char with pyrolytic AP for the removal of AAEM species and the uptake of water-soluble organics. Experimental results show that the majority of K, Mg, and Ca are leached within the first hour, with nonacidic compounds in the pyrolytic AP slightly hindering the leaching of K but having no impacts on that of Mg and Ca.

ENERGY & FUELS (2021)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Interpretable machine learning for predicting and evaluating hydrogen production via supercritical water gasification of biomass

Sheng Zhao et al.

Summary: This study established four machine learning models to predict hydrogen production via SCWG of biomass, interpreted the inner workings of the optimal model and evaluated the performance of SCWG. The results suggested that the random forest (RF) model outperformed other models for predicting H2 yield (R2 = 0.9782).

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2021)

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PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE (2020)

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Classification of solid fuels with machine learning

Furkan Elmaz et al.

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Algae as potential feedstock for the production of biofuels and value-added products: Opportunities and challenges

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2020)

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Algal biorefinery to value-added products by using combined processes based on thermochemical conversion: A review

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Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review

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CHEMOSPHERE (2020)

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Julia language in machine learning: Algorithms, applications, and open issues

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COMPUTER SCIENCE REVIEW (2020)

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Nitrogen in bio-oil produced from hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass: A review

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On hyperparameter optimization of machine learning algorithms: Theory and practice

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The application of machine learning methods for prediction of metal sorption onto biochars

Xinzhe Zhu et al.

JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (2019)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

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

Thangavel Mathimani et al.

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2019)

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Biochar stability assessment methods: A review

Lijian Leng et al.

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2019)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Machine learning for molecular and materials science

Keith T. Butler et al.

NATURE (2018)

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Synergistic and Antagonistic Interactions during Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Soybean Oil, Soy Protein, Cellulose, Xylose, and Lignin

Jianwen Lu et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2018)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis: A review of product properties and effects of pyrolysis parameters

Tao Kan et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2016)

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Peeking Inside the Black Box: Visualizing Statistical Learning With Plots of Individual Conditional Expectation

Alex Goldstein et al.

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Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Yann LeCun et al.

NATURE (2015)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Machine learning: Trends, perspectives, and prospects

M. I. Jordan et al.

SCIENCE (2015)

Article Engineering, Chemical

Hydrothermal Carbonization of Biomass: Major Organic Components of the Aqueous Phase

Roland Becker et al.

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Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Hydrothermal gasification of sewage sludge and model compounds for renewable hydrogen production: A review

Chao He et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2014)

Proceedings Paper Construction & Building Technology

Simulated Annealing Algorithm Improved BP Learning Algorithm

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Hydrothermal conversion of biomass to fuels and energetic materials

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CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (2013)

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Gradient boosting machines, a tutorial

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Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Bio-oil production and upgrading research: A review

Shuangning Xiu et al.

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Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Valorization of Biomass: Deriving More Value from Waste

Christopher O. Tuck et al.

SCIENCE (2012)

Article Energy & Fuels

Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) of Lignocellulosic Biomass

S. Kent Hoekman et al.

ENERGY & FUELS (2011)

Review Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass: A summary and discussion of chemical mechanisms for process engineering

Axel Funke et al.

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Energy recovery from secondary pulp/paper-mill sludge and sewage sludge with supercritical water treatment

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Article Computer Science, Information Systems

GA-based method for feature selection and parameters optimization for machine learning regression applied to software effort estimation

Adriano L. I. Oliveira et al.

INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY (2010)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Review of catalytic supercritical water gasification for hydrogen production from biomass

Y. Guo et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2010)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Hydrothermal biomass gasification

Andrea Kruse

JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS (2009)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Thermochemical biofuel production in hydrothermal media: A review of sub- and supercritical water technologies

Andrew A. Peterson et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2008)