Issue 12, 2012
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Green Chemistry

Microalgae biorefinery concept based on hydrothermal microwave pyrolysis†

V. Budarin,*a   A. B. Ross,b   P. Biller,b   R. Riley,b   J. H. Clark,a   J. M. Jones,b   D. J. Gilmourc  and  W. Zimmermand  

* Corresponding authors

a Green Chemistry Centre, Chemistry Department, University of York Heslington, York, UK
E-mail: vitaliy.budarin@york.ac.uk
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b Energy Research Institute, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Leeds, Clarendon Road, Leeds, UK
E-mail: a.b.ross@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)113 3431017

c Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
E-mail: D.J.Gilmour@sheffield.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 4412

d Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
E-mail: w.zimmerman@sheffield.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7517

Abstract

It has been shown that low temperature (between 180–210 °C), low pressure (below 300 psi) microwave assisted hydrothermal pyrolysis (organic matter hydrolysis accompanied by thermal decomposition) may be an efficient method of extraction, activation and conversion of major microalgae structural components: lipids, amylose and cellulose.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2GC36202C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Jul 2012
Accepted
27 Sep 2012
First published
01 Oct 2012

Green Chem., 2012,14, 3251-3254

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Microalgae biorefinery concept based on hydrothermal microwave pyrolysis

V. Budarin, A. B. Ross, P. Biller, R. Riley, J. H. Clark, J. M. Jones, D. J. Gilmour and W. Zimmerman, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 3251 DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36202C

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