Jamison Watson

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare steam with other gasification agents (oxygen and air) to understand the specific effects of these agents on the resulting gas quality and quantity, and evaluate the influence of different process factors (reactor configurations, temperature, steam to biomass ratio, and catalyst incorporation) in terms of the resulting H2/CO ratio, gas heating value, gas yield, tar yield and energy recovery.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of HTL conditions and feedstock composition on the energy and elemental distribution of process outputs with specific emphasis on the hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase (HTL-AP) is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the potential for the production of biocrude oil and the recovery of nutrients and metals from human feces via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and found that 54% of carbon in the human feces was migrated to the biocompane oil while 72% of nitrogen was released to the aqueous phase.

TL;DR: This work reviewed recent advances with respect to bioremediation mechanisms and placed particular emphasis on the heavy metal migration, transformation, and the key factors involved in algal wastewater treatment and biomass conversion.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterized the products and investigated the elemental migration during the HTL of cornstalk at seven different operation temperatures (210-375°C) and found that major organic compounds in the biocrude oil were interestingly similar between 210°C and 270°C.