An effective semi-continuous process was developed to grow a locally isolated green microalga Chlorella sp. on acidogenically digested swine wastewater in bench scale for improved algal biomass production and waste nutrient removal using central composite design (CCD). The influences of two key...

Using wastewater to grow algae is probably the most promising route to reduce production costs associated with nutrients and water. In this study, a newly isolated facultative heterotrophic freshwater microalgae strain, Auxenochlorella protothecoides UMN280, was examined for algal growth,...

Promising energy crops such as <i>Jatropha curcas Linnaeus</i> (<i>JCL</i>), which are planted on marginal lands, or microalgae such as <i>Chlorella</i>, which are cultivated in ponds located on mudflats or deserts, have been regarded with high hopes to solve the shortage of food crops and increase the amount of...

Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis (MAP) is a highly scalable process that has the potential to realize the Distributed Biomass Energy Production System (DBEPS) concept. This study was to illustrate the heating properties of MAP when applied to biomass, and to demonstrate the feasibility of...

The criteria formulated by M. Born for the onset of melting (1939) and lattice stability (1940) are re-examined on the basis of more general considerations of elastic instabilities. With the aid of molecular dynamics simulations, we show that (1) Born's stability criteria are valid only in the...

Co-hydrothermal carbonization (Co-HTC) coupled with co-product aqueous phase (AP) recirculation has huge potential to improve the hydrochar production. In this study, three model compounds, namely wheat straw cellulose (cellulose, Ce), xylan (hemicellulose, He), and soya-protein (protein, Pr)...