Beschreibung:
This book covers a wide range of applications of hydrothermal processing that results in zero waste, high energy efficiency, zero toxicity, and minimal impact over life cycle. Applications include processing of hazardous waste, bioproducts, coal, lipids, heavy oil and bitumen, and carbon materials
Fundamentals: Sub- and Supercritical Water. Power Plants. Supercritical Water Oxidation of Hazardous Waste. Subcritical Water Extraction for Bioproducts. Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass. Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomass. Supercritical Water Gasification Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomass. Hydrothermal Carbonization for Producing Carbon Materials. Aquathermolysis of Lipids. Hydrothermal Mineralization. Hydrothermal Processing of Coal. Hydrothermal Processing of Heavy Oil and Bitumen. Deep Well Reactor Design. Challenges of Corrosion and Salt Precipitations.