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Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-Oil Produced From Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Nannochloropsis Sp

Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-Oil Produced From Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Nannochloropsis Sp

Rajdeep Shakya, Sushil Adhikari, Ravishankar Mahadevan, El Barbary Hassan, Thomas A Dempster

Bioresour Technol. 2018 Mar;252:28-36.

PMID: 29306126

Abstract:

Upgrading of bio-oil obtained from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of algae is necessary for it to be used as a fuel. In this study, bio-oil obtained from HTL of Nannochloropsis sp. was upgraded using five different catalysts (Ni/C, ZSM-5, Ni/ZSM-5, Ru/C and Pt/C) at 300 °C and 350 °C. The upgraded bio-oil yields were higher at 300 °C; however, higher quality upgraded bio-oils were obtained at 350 °C. Ni/C gave the maximum upgraded bio-oil yield (61 wt%) at 350 °C. However, noble metal catalysts (Ru/C and Pt/C) gave the better upgraded bio-oils in terms of acidity, heating values, and nitrogen values. The higher heating value of the upgraded bio-oils ranged from 40 to 44 MJ/kg, and the nitrogen content decreased from 5.37 to 1.29 wt%. Most of the upgraded bio-oils (35-40 wt%) were in the diesel range. The major components present in the gaseous products were CH4, CO, CO2 and lower alkanes.

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