A review on hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass

A.R.K. Gollakota, Nanda Kishore and Sai Gu

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018, vol. 81, issue P1, 1378-1392

Abstract: The rapid depletion of conventional fossil fuels and day-by-day growth of environmental pollution due to 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; analyzing 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.

Keywords: Wet biomass; Dry biomass; Hydrothermal liquefaction; HTL mechanism; Value-added chemicals; Energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.178

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