Recent advances in hydrothermal carbonisation: from tailored carbon materials and biochemicals to applications and bioenergy
Sabina A. Nicolae, Heather Au, Pierpaolo Modugno, Hui Luo, Anthony E. Szego, Mo Qiao, Liang Li, Wang Yin, Hero J. Heeres, Nicole D. Berge, Maria‐Magdalena Titirici
Abstract
Introduced in the literature in 1913 by Bergius, who at the time was studying biomass coalification, hydrothermal carbonisation, as many other technologies based on renewables, was forgotten during the “industrial revolution”.
Topics & Concepts
Hydrothermal circulationBiomass (ecology)BioenergyCarbon fibersRenewable energyChemosynthesisNanotechnologyMaterials scienceChemistryHydrothermal ventChemical engineeringEcologyEngineeringComposite materialBiologyComposite numberCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesCatalysts for Methane ReformingThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes