Andrew J. Schmidt

TL;DR: This review describes the recent results in hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass in continuous-flow processing systems, and process models have been developed, and mass and energy balances determined.

TL;DR: In this article, high levels of carbon conversion to gravity separable biocrude product were accomplished at relatively low temperature (350°C) in a continuous-flow, pressurized (sub-critical liquid water) environment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of developing a commercial large-scale woody biomass HTL and upgrading plant was evaluated, and the annual production rate for the final hydrocarbon product was estimated to be 42.9 and 69.9 million gallon gasoline-equivalent (GGE) for the SOT and goal cases, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, a preliminary analysis of the costs associated with converting whole wet algal biomass into diesel fuel is presented, where the secondary aqueous product containing significant organic material is converted to a medium btu gas via catalytic hydrothermal gasification.

TL;DR: In this article, two algal feedstocks were prepared for direct comparison of their properties when converted to liquid hydrocarbon fuel, and a technoeconomic analysis of the process for converting each feedstock to liquid fuels was also conducted.