Hydrothermal Conversion in Near-Critical Water – A Sustainable Way of Producing Renewable Fuels

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Abstract

Liquid fuels from biomass will form an essential part of meeting the grand challenges within energy. The need for renewable and sustainable energy sources is triggered by a number of factors; like increase in global energy
demand, depletion of conventional resources, climate issues and the desire for
national/regional energy independence. Especially in marine, aviation and heavy
land transport suitable carbon neutral drop-in fuels from biomass are needed,
since electrification of those is rather unlikely. Hydrothermal conversion (HTC)
of biomass offers a solution and is a sustainable way of converting biomass
feedstocks to valuable bio-crude. HTC is a high pressure and medium temperature thermochemical biomass conversion process and converts aqueous biomasses under sub- or super-critical conditions to a bio-crude similar to fossil crude oil.
This chapter deals with the chemical reaction pathways during hydrothermal
conversion of lignocellulosic biomass and upgrading pathways of bio-crude components with focus on hydrodeoxygenation reactions.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelNear-critical and Supercritical Water and Their Applications for Biorefineries
RedaktørerZhen Fang, Chunbao (Charles) Xu
Vol/bind2
ForlagSpringer Science+Business Media
Publikationsdato2014
Sider373-400
Kapitel14
ISBN (Trykt)978-94-017-8922-6
ISBN (Elektronisk)978-94-017-8923-3
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2014
NavnBiofuels and Biorefineries
Vol/bind2
ISSN2214-1537

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