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February 11, 2013

Hydrothermal liquefaction - the most promising path to a sustainable bio-oil production
Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Feb 11, 2013
A new generation of the HTL process can convert all kinds of biomasses to crude bio-oil, which is sufficiently similar to fossil crude oil that a simple thermal upgrade and existing refinery technology can be employed to subsequently obtain all the liquid fuels we know today. What is more, the HTL process only consumes approximately 10-15 percent of the energy in the feedstock biomass, yielding an energy efficiency of 85-90 percent. To emphasize, the HTL process accepts all biomasses from modern s ... read more

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