Multi-objective optimization of SNG production through hydrothermal gasification from microalgae

Alberto Miana, Adriano V. Ensinasa and François Maréchala,    aIndustrial Energy Systems Laboratory (LENI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland,, adriano.ensinas@epfl.ch

Abstract

Microalgae cultivation for biofuel conversion is widely treated in literature as it could allow reducing fossil fuel consumptions. One of the challenges of this technology is related to the high power and cost requirements for the harvesting and dewatering steps. The influence of dewatering process can be substantially reduced when considering hydrothermal gasification (HTG). This technology, which have already been demonstrated and tested, ...

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