 Hydrothermal liquefaction of granular bacteria to high-quality bio-oil using Ni–Ce catalysts supported on functionalized activated carbonMohammad Hosseini, Parvaneh Hatefirad, Saeideh Salimi and Ahmad Tavasoli Energy, 2022, vol. 241, issue C Abstract: Hydrothermal liquefaction of granular bacteria, a surplus byproduct in wastewater treatment units, was performed with and without catalyst. Process operating conditions including temperature, feed concentration and reaction time were optimized through the central composite method in Design-Expert Software to reach maximum bio-oil yield and energy recovery. The data obtained were 38.5% and 61.0% of bio-oil yield and energy recovery respectively, in optimum conditions of 332 °C, 14.22 wt% feed concentration and the reaction time of 44 min. To improve the quantity and quality of bio-oil, catalytic hydrothermal tests were investigated using Ni and Ce impregnated on activated carbon and functionalized activated carbon by HNO3 and H2SO4. The results showed that the functionalization of activated carbon and adding Ce promoter to the catalyst had a significant effect on improving the Ni catalyst activity. The highest bio-oil yield and energy recovery of 48.1 and 86.84% were achieved by using Ni–Ce/ACHNO3 Catalyst. Keywords: Granular bacteria; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Ni–Ce Catalysts; Functionalized activated carbon; High-quality bio-oil (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:241:y:2022:i:c:s0360544221031248 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.122875 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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