Sentences with phrase «hydrothermal liquefaction»
Conceptual Study of the Coupling of a Biorefinery Processfor Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Microalgae with a Concentrating Solar Power Plant
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Inhibitors degradation and microbial response during continuous anaerobic conversion of hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater — Buchun Sia — Science of The Total Environment
We're talking about minutes in hydrothermal liquefaction and a few days in an anaerobic digester.»
The researchers show that by using hydrothermal liquefaction before anaerobic digestion, virtually all of the energy is extracted from the food waste.
Putting hydrothermal liquefaction first in an engineering process and finishing with anaerobic digestion completes a food - water - energy nexus, Posmanik said.
The paper, «Coupling Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Anaerobic Digestion for Energy Valorization From Model Biomass Feedstocks,» was co-authored by Rodrigo A. Labatut, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Andrew H. Kim; and former post-doctoral researcher Joseph G. Usack.
The technology, hydrothermal liquefaction, mimics the geological conditions Earth uses to create crude oil, using high pressure and temperature to achieve in minutes something that takes Mother Nature millions of years.
In hydrothermal liquefaction, the waste is basically pressure cooked to produce a crude bio-oil.
Using hydrothermal liquefaction, organic matter such as human waste can be broken down to simpler chemical compounds.