Hydrothermal carbonization of sugarcane bagasse using wet torrefaction is studied. The biomass is torrefied in water or dilute sulfuric acid solution and microwaves are employed to heat the solutions where the reaction temperature is fixed at 180 °C. The effects of acid concentration, heating time and solid-to-liquid ratio on the performance of wet torrefaction are investigated. It is found tha...

Highly graphitic carbon nanocoils (GCNC) were synthesized through the catalytic graphitization of carbon microspheres obtained by the hydrothermal carbonization of different saccharides (sucrose, glucose and starch) and were used as a support for Pt nanoparticles. The Pt nanoparticles were deposited by means of a polymer mediatedpolyol method. The Pt catalysts were characterized both physically...

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is the most commonly used imaging technique for noninvasive diagnosis of disease. In order to improve tissue specificity and prevent adverse effects, we report the design and synthesis of iodine-doped carbon dots (I-doped CDs) as efficient CT contrast agents and fluorescence probe by a facile bottom-up hydrothermal carbonization process. The as-prepared I-doped CD...

Hydrothermal conversion (HC) is a promising thermochemical technology to produce biofuels and bioproducts from biomass. However, the disposal of HC aqueous product (HC-AP) one biggest challenges. This research investigated new biological method using marine protist, Thraustochytrium striatum treat HC-AP hydrothermal carbonization municipal solid waste. A full factorial experiment was carried ou...

Recovery and reuse of valuable chemicals from hydrothermal carbonization process liquid (HTC-PL) tomato plant biomass (TPB) was conducted. Different HTC-PLs were characterized with FTIR Py-GC-MS analyses revealing the presence low molecular weight linear, cyclic, aromatics compounds in HTC-PL. Separation these by fractional distillation resulted eutectic constrains. Solvent extraction separatio...