A Review on Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass

Gollakota, ARK, Kishore, N and Gu, Sai (2017) A Review on Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

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Abstract

The rapid depletion of conventional fossil fuels and day-by-day growth of environmental pollution due to use of extensive use of fossil fuels have raised concerns over the use of the fossil fuels; and thus search for alternate renewable and sustainable sources for fuels has started in the last few decades. In this context biomass derived fuels seems to be the promising path; and various routes are available for the biomass processing such as pyrolysis, transesterification, hydrothermal liquefaction, steam reforming, etc.; and the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of wet biomass seems to be the promising route. Therefore, this article briefly enlightened a few concepts of HTL such as the elemental composition of bio-crude obtained by HTL, different types of feedstock adopted for HTL, mechanism of HTL processes, possible process flow diagrams for HTL of both wet and dry biomass and energy efficiency of the process. In addition, this article also enlisted possible future research scope for concerned researchers and a few of them are setting up HTL plant suitable for both wet and dry biomass feedstock; analysing influence of parameters such as temperature, pressure, residence time, catalytic effects, etc.; deriving optimized pathways for better conversion; and development of theoretical models representing the process to the best possible accuracy depending on nature of feedstock.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions :	Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Chemical and Process Engineering
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Gollakota, ARK UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kishore, N UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gu, Sai sai.gu@surrey.ac.uk UNSPECIFIED
Date :	8 June 2017
Identification Number :	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.178
Copyright Disclaimer :	© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords :	Wet biomass, dry biomass, hydrothermal liquefaction, HTL mechanism, value-added chemicals, energy efficiency
Depositing User :	Melanie Hughes
Date Deposited :	23 Jun 2017 10:22
Last Modified :	23 Jun 2017 10:22
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/841479

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