Utilization of food waste for biocrude production: A review

K Dhalsamant, P Tirumareddy, VB Borugadda… - Bioresource Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the World Bank, global food waste (FW) is expected to increase up to
70% by 2050 with a 29% population rise. The rise in the amount of FW is of concern …

Characterizing the Opportunity Space for Sustainable Hydrothermal Valorization of Wet Organic Wastes

J Feng, Y Li, TJ Strathmann… - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Resource recovery from wet organic wastes can support circular economies by creating
financial incentives to produce renewable energy and return nutrients to agriculture. In this …

Grease trap waste valorization through hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion: a circular approach to dairy wastewater treatment

DV Cabrera, I Adema-Yusta, MJ Santibañez… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Grease traps are commonly used in the dairy industry to separate fats from their generated
wastewater. Due to its properties, grease trap waste (GTW) is predominantly incinerated or …

Renewable diesel blends production from hydrothermal liquefaction of food waste: A novel approach coupling fractional distillation and emulsification

Z Wang, B Si, S Summers, Y Zhang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a promising approach for producing biocrude oil from wet
biowaste, but the suboptimal properties of HTL biocrude hinder its direct utilization as …

Coprocessing Hydrothermal Liquefaction Biocrude from Algae with Vacuum Gas Oil Using Hydrotreating

A Alvarez-Majmutov, S Badoga, D Singh… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this study, we investigate the effects of coprocessing algae biocrude with petroleum in
hydrotreating units. Algae biocrudes are characterized by being rich in oxygen and nitrogen …