ACID-CATALYZED DEGRADATION OF BIOMASS WITH HYDROTHERMAL ELECTROLYSIS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VALUE ADDED CHEMICALS

摘要

In the past decades,the interest to use biomass for energy has increased.The energy in biomass may be realized either by direct use as in combustion,or by upgrading into a more valuable and usable fuel such as fuel gas,fuel oil or higher value products for the chemical industry.A large portion of these biomass wastes is wet biomass containing up to 95%water.This wet biomass causes high drying costs if classical techniques such as gas-phase gasification or liquefaction processes are used[1].This can be beneficially avoided by using sub-critical and supercritical water as a reaction medium.