Integrated microalgal biorefinery–Routes, energy, economic and environmental perspectives

S Wang, Y Mukhambet, S Esakkimuthu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Commercialization of microalgal biofuels is not yet attained even after plentiful of research
and extensive scientific projects. Expending the cost and energy for producing single …

Microalgae bio-oil production by pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction: Mechanism and characteristics

Ü Ağbulut, R Sirohi, E Lichtfouse, WH Chen, C Len… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae have great potential in producing energy-dense and valuable products via
thermochemical processes. Therefore, producing alternative bio-oil to fossil fuel from …

A review on pyrolysis of protein-rich biomass: Nitrogen transformation

L Leng, L Yang, J Chen, S Leng, H Li, H Li, X Yuan… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis of protein-rich biomass, such as microalgae, macroalgae, sewage sludge, energy
crops, and some lignocellulosic biomass, produces bio-oil with high nitrogen (N) content …

Effect of reaction temperature on the conversion of algal biomass to bio-oil and biochar through pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction

K Brindhadevi, S Anto, ER Rene, M Sekar, T Mathimani… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermochemical methods namely pyrolysis, gasification/hydrothermal gasification,
combustion, hydrothermal liquefaction and hydrothermal carbonization are widely practiced …

Biofuel production through micro-and macroalgae pyrolysis–A review of pyrolysis methods and process parameters

S Pourkarimi, A Hallajisani, A Alizadehdakhel… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bio-fuels derived from biomass with zero net CO 2 emission seem to be a promising
alternative for fossil fuels. Algal biomasses are promising sources of lipids, proteins and …

Transformations of biomass, its derivatives, and downstream chemicals over ceria catalysts

L Lei, Y Wang, Z Zhang, J An, F Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the past two decades, on account of the energy and environmental crisis brought by the
decline in fossil resources, price volatility, and climate change, the high-value utilization of …

Microwave vacuum co-pyrolysis of waste plastic and seaweeds for enhanced crude bio-oil recovery: Experimental and feasibility study towards industrialization

AEF Abomohra, HMA Sheikh, AH El-Naggar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste-to-energy is a promising approach to tackle the energy shortage and reduce the
environmental pollution. The present study aimed to evaluate the technical and economic …

Co-pyrolysis of hydrothermally pre-treated microalgae residue and polymeric waste (plastic/tires): Comparative and dynamic analyses of pyrolytic behaviors, kinetics …

A Kumar, B Yan, Z Cheng, J Tao, M Hassan, J Li… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass and polymeric wastes are becoming more problematic economically and
environmentally. Their co-pyrolysis could be a cost-effective and environmentally preferable …

Production of bio-oil from sewage sludge: A review on the thermal and catalytic conversion by pyrolysis

M Haghighat, N Majidian, A Hallajisani - … Energy Technologies and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The reduction of energy sources, environmental and destructive pollution caused by the
combustion of fossil fuels and urban sewage wastes, has created a situation that …

Co-pyrolysis of microalgae and plastic: Characteristics and interaction effects

Z Tang, W Chen, Y Chen, H Yang, H Chen - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
To improve the quality of the oil produced from microalgae, the co-pyrolysis of low-density
polyethylene (LDPE) and Nannochloropsis sp.(NS) in a fixed bed reactor was investigated …