Rizzo A.M., Dell’Orco S., Miliotti E., Chiaramonti D., 2020, Design, Commissioning and Start-up of a New Hydrothermal Liquefaction Continuous Pilot Unit, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 80, 367-372.
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) has been demonstrated to be an effective emerging technology for the conversion of various biomass slurries into valuable biofuels and bioproducts precursors. Many studies have been carried out in batch laboratory-scale apparatus, an effective technique to understand the conversion process applied on several wet materials, from algae to organic wastes and lignocellulosic streams. On the other hand, some examples of continuous system have been implemented and tested worldwide as first step for the industrial scale-up of the technology. This work focuses on the development from the design to the start-up and commissioning of a new continuous HTL unit, established in RE-CORD laboratories.
