Biochar (Mar 2023)

Superhydrophobic and superlipophilic biochar produced from microalga torrefaction and modification for upgrading fuel properties

  • Congyu Zhang,
  • Meng Wang,
  • Wei-Hsin H. Chen,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Anelie Pétrissans,
  • Mathieu Pétrissans,
  • Shih-Hsin H. Ho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-023-00217-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Highlights 1. The HHV of the modified microalgal biochar could be enhanced after oil adsorption. 2. Oil adsorption capacity of two-stage treated biochar was enhanced to 70–80% than raw microalga. 3. The hydrophobicity of two-stage treated biochar was improved to 60–200% than raw microalga.

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