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ArticleEnergy & fuels : an American Chemical Society journal2022

Understanding the Upgrading of Sewage Sludge-Derived Hydrothermal Liquefaction Biocrude via Advanced Characterization.

Eleni Heracleous, Michalis Vassou, Angelos A Lappas, Julie Katerine Rodriguez, Stefano Chiaberge, Daniele Bianchi

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Article in Energy & fuels : an American Chemical Society journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eleni HeracleousChemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki 57001, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4574-9643
Michalis VassouChemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki 57001, Greece.
Angelos A LappasChemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki 57001, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6247-5296
Julie Katerine RodriguezSteeper Energy Canada, Limited, Calgary, Alberta T2L 1Y8, Canada.
Stefano ChiabergeRenewable, New Energies and Material Science Research Center Novara, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Daniele BianchiRenewable, New Energies and Material Science Research Center Novara, 28100 Novara, Italy.
International Hellenic University · GRCentre for Research and Technology Hellas · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can thermochemically transform sewage sludge into a biocrude with high energy content, high chemical complexity, and high O and N content. The development of an efficient upgrading process for such complex feedstocks necessitates detailed knowledge of the molecular composition and the specific heteroatom-containing compounds to understand and optimize the hydrotreating reactions. In this study, we present the upgrading of sewage sludge-derived HTL biocrude via a two-stage hydrotreatment process and perform advanced chemical characterization of the feedstock, intermediate, and final upgraded products with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). We show that hydrotreatment significantly improves the quality of the oil, primarily succeeding in cracking the heavy molecules and removing the sulfur- and oxygen-containing components. FTICR-MS analysis shows that the HTL biocrude has a high concentration of fatty acid amides that readily lose their oxygen and nitrogen during hydrotreating and are converted into saturated hydrocarbons, whereas the aromatic O

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