Assessing microalgae biorefinery routes for the production of biofuels via hydrothermal liquefaction
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 46368642
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.biortech.2014.10.031
- Title of journal
- Bioresource Technology
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- First page
- 256
- Volume
- 174
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- ISSN
- 0960-8524
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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5
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Due to the high economic costs of producing biofuels from microalgae via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), this research explored the consecutive recovery of products in a biorefinery in order to create third generation biofuels. Assessment of the enzymatic extraction of proteins produced promising results; biocrude oil yields increased, valuable co-products were obtained, and the HTL oil's nitrogen content was reduced. The concept introduced here: led to a follow-on publication (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2019.04.003); has been extended to improve the extraction of valuables (e.g. proteins) through the application of pulsed electric field (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101650); and is part of a techno economic assessment (e-EUBCE 2020 proceedings; https://www.eubce.com/conference/publications-of-papers/proceedings.html).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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