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Hydrothermal Pretreatments of Macroalgal Biomass for Biorefineries

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Algal Biorefineries

Abstract

Recently, macroalgal biomass is gaining wide attention as an alternative in the production of biofuels (as bioetanol and biogas) and compounds with high added value with specific properties (antioxidants, anticoagulants, anti-inflammatories) for applications in food, medical and energy industries in accordance with the integrated biorefineries. Furthermore, biorefinery concept requires processes that allow efficient utilization of all components of the biomass. The pretreatment step in a biorefinery is often based on hydrothermal principles of high temperatures in aqueous solution. Therefore, in this chapter, a review on the application of hydrothermal pretreatment on macroalgal biomass is presented.

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  1. Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, 25280, Coahuila, Mexico

    Héctor A. Ruiz & Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso

  2. Lab of Biological and Industrial Chemistry, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech – University of Liège, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium

    Mario Aguedo

  3. Center for BioProcess Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark

    Zsófia Kádár

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List of Abbreviations

EJ:

Exajoule

HL:

Hydrothermal liquefaction

HTT:

Hydrothermal pretreatments

Log (R 0 ):

Severity factor

VS:

Volatile Solids

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Ruiz, H.A., Rodríguez-Jasso, R.M., Aguedo, M., Kádár, Z. (2015). Hydrothermal Pretreatments of Macroalgal Biomass for Biorefineries. In: Prokop, A., Bajpai, R., Zappi, M. (eds) Algal Biorefineries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20200-6_15

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