Outlook and challenges for recovering energy and water from complex organic waste using hydrothermal liquefaction
Daniela V. Cabrera, Rodrigo A. Labatut
Abstract
Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction with anaerobic digestion can recover between 54 and 99% of the energy contained in organic wastes, while reducing up to 92% of the chemical oxygen demand of the influent stream.
Topics & Concepts
LiquefactionHydrothermal circulationHydrothermal liquefactionChemical oxygen demandEnvironmental scienceWaste managementAnaerobic digestionOxygenChemistryEnvironmental engineeringChemical engineeringMethaneWastewaterEngineeringOrganic chemistryBiofuelThermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesSubcritical and Supercritical Water ProcessesLignin and Wood Chemistry