Authors: Jia Yazon, Oamfah (Faith) Suwannapong, & Alex Mosley
Advisor: Michael Timko
Abstract:
The demand for clean energy sources has initiated the growing field of biofuel research and development. Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) has emerged as a prominent technology for creating biofuels but has various byproducts such as the toxic HTL Aqueous Phase (HTL-AP) that requires treatment before release to the environment. To make HTL more environmentally and economically sustainable, a catalytic upgrading process to extract the contaminants in the HTL-AP has been proposed and investigated.
UN SDGs:
SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 14 – Life Below Water
Video Presentation:
Poster Presentation:
UG10_Catalytic Upgrading of Hydrothermal Liqueficiation Aqueous Phase