Daniele Fabbri

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the potential of the hydrothermal treatment (HTT) technology as a process to convert algae and algal debris into a liquid fuel, within a sustainable algae biorefinery concept in which high value products are coproduced, nutrients and water are recycled, and the use of fossil energy is minimized.

TL;DR: In this paper, the chemical properties of the Hydrothermal treatment (HTT) oil from Desmodesmus sp. was subjected to a detailed chemical analysis and various characterization techniques (silica gel chromatography, methanolysis, size exclusion chromatography and analytical pyrolysis, elemental analysis, and thermogravimetric techniques) were coupled to gather clearer information on the chemical nature of the oil obtained at different reaction times, temperatures, and slurry concentrations.

TL;DR: For this specific cultivation case, algae production costs related to nutrients consumption can be significantly reduced considering that a 50% N-replacement was achieved, while showing nearly identical growth as that in standard culture medium.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported emission factors of levoglucosan in smoke particulate matter from burning of lignite varying from 713 to 2154 milligrams of L 2.

TL;DR: A new procedure was proposed to extract hydrocarbons from dried and water-suspended samples of the microalga Botryococcus braunii by using switchable-polarity solvents (SPS) based on 1,8-diazabicyclo-[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene (DBU) and an alcohol.