The influence of key reactions during hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge on aqueous phase properties: A review

ZX Xu, XQ Ma, J Zhou, PG Duan, WY Zhou… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) emerges as a promising technology to reduce the
volume of activated sewage sludge (SS) and generate solid products as fuels. During HTC …

Nitrogen in bio-oil produced from hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass: A review

L Leng, W Zhang, H Peng, H Li, S Jiang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass, especially that of high moisture such as
microalgae, macroalgae, sludge, manure, and food waste, for the production of bio-oil has …

Biofuel production by hydro-thermal liquefaction of municipal solid waste: Process characterization and optimization

D Yu, J Guo, J Meng, T Sun - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The significant growth of the global population, as well as the increase in energy demand
and the limitations of energy generation from fossil fuels, have become a serious challenge …

A review on nitrogen transformation in hydrochar during hydrothermal carbonization of biomass containing nitrogen

L Leng, L Yang, S Leng, W Zhang, Y Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass is a type of renewable and sustainable resource that can be used to produce
various fuels, chemicals, and materials. Nitrogen (N) in biomass such as microalgae should …

Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge: Effect of aqueous phase recycling

ZX Xu, H Song, PJ Li, ZX He, Q Wang, K Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the aqueous phase produced from the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of
sewage sludge (SS) with pure water was reused for the HTC of fresh SS, aiming to maximize …

Co-hydrothermal carbonization of cellulose, hemicellulose, and protein with aqueous phase recirculation: Insight into the reaction mechanisms on hydrochar formation

T Liu, HT Jiao, L Yang, W Zhang, Y Hu, Y Guo, L Yang… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Co-hydrothermal carbonization (Co-HTC) coupled with aqueous phase (AP) recirculation
has huge potential to improve hydrochar production. In this study, three model compounds …

Chemical reactions in the hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass and in the catalytic hydrogenation upgrading of biocrude

B Hao, D Xu, G Jiang, TA Sabri, Z **g, Y Guo - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The imbalance between the energy demand and supply and environmental pollution makes
it necessary to develop renewable energy as an alternative energy source. Hydrothermal …

Hydrothermal amination of biomass to nitrogenous chemicals

H Wu, H Li, Z Fang - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass is the most abundant and low-cost renewable source for the production of value-
added nitrogen-containing compounds. However, a large amount of water exists in natural …

Benign-by-design N-doped carbonaceous materials obtained from the hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge for supercapacitor applications

ZX Xu, XQ Deng, S Zhang, YF Shen, YQ Shan… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This contribution discloses a new methodology for the preparation of N-doped carbon via
the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of sewage sludge (SS). The aqueous phase served …

Cycloamination strategies for renewable N-heterocycles

H Li, H Guo, Z Fang, TM Aida, RL Smith - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass resources have infinite possibilities for introducing nitrogen, sulfur, or phosphorus
heteroatoms into their structures by virtue of controllable carbon–heteroatom bond …