Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access

Comparison of different types of feed-stocks for hydrothermal liquefaction

2^nd International Congress and Expo on Biofuels & Bioenergy

August 29-31, 2016 Sao Paulo, Brazil

Taimur Akhtar

University of Agder, Norway

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy App

Abstract :

The recovery of biocrude from biomass is gaining interest because of its potential use in the sector of renewable energy systems. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is one of the prospective technologies to utilize biomass for biofuel production. Almost all biomass feed-stocks are feasible sources for biomass liquefaction with few exceptions in condition when technical, economical and environmental issues are properly addressed. This paper has made a comparative discussion of potential feed-stocks that can be used for HTL process. It has been found that liquefied biocrude of good yield could be obtained from different feed-stocks, except Jatropha cakes for which HTL experimental data is lagging. Depending on structural composition of feed-stock, bio-oil yield and heating values are as follows: Algae cakes (46% and 26 MJ/kg), Pinus sylvestris (34.9% and 24.6 MJ/kg), vegetable wastes (27.6% and 16.83 MJ/kg). These results show that algae cakes have comparatively better liquefaction result and thus has tremendous potential as a host for producing biocrude from biomass resources.

Biography :

Email: taimur.akhtar@uia.no