Hydrothermal liquefaction of high protein microalgae via clay material catalysts

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Publication Type Journal Article
Creator Eddings, Eric
Other Author Wenjia Wang; Shengdi Zhang; Qi Yu; Yutong Lin; Nianzi Yang; Wei Han and Jinglai Zhang
Title Hydrothermal liquefaction of high protein microalgae via clay material catalysts
Date 2017
Description Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a promising method to convert wet microalgae into a petroleum-like biocrude. In this paper, we demonstrated the HTL of microalgae Spirulina over various clay material catalysts and open up interesting perspectives for efficiently liquefaction processes. The clay catalyst successfully improved the biocrude yield, the liquefaction conversion, and energy recovery. Investigation into optimizing operation conditions suggested that the reaction temperature and holding time significantly influenced the HTL process. The highest biocrude yields were obtained at a reaction temperature within the range of 220-250 °C and a holding time of 30 min with montmorillonite (46.56%), kaolinite (44.07%) and dolomitic limestone (46.35%). Adding clay catalysts changed the element content and produced more asphaltene content in the biocrude. The GC-MS analysis revealed that the catalyst greatly influenced the composition of the hydrocarbons, acids, esters, amides and heterocyclic compounds in the biocrude.
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Journal Title The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Volume v.7
Issue no. 80
First Page 50794
Last Page 50801
Subject Catalysis; algae; hydrothermal liquefaction
Language eng
Rights Management (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 Note that this is an open-access article, as noted own the left margin on the first page of the PDF document.
Format Medium application/pdf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sr48wq
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