According to the International Air Transport Agency (IATA), the aviation industry causes 2% of GHG emissions. As a result, goals such as improving aircraft efficiency by 1.5% per year and achieving carbon-neutral growth by 2020 were established. In this circumstance, fuels produced from biomass seem to be a promising route. There are many routes available to convert biomass into renewable fuels such as pyrolysis, hydroprocessing, transesterification, hydrothermal processes, and steam reforming. In this study, one reports a review of hydrothermal technologies. This review reports recent information about hydrothermal processes using water in sub- and supercritical states. This article introduces some concepts of the hydrothermal processes, advantages, and different types of feedstock adopted. The parameters which have an influence on hydrothermal processes such as temperature, pressure, particle size, catalyst, biomass/water ratio, and reaction time are illuminated. Water characteristics in sub- and supercritical conditions are discussed as a highly reactive medium to increase the affinity for the extraction of value-added compounds. Additionally, this review splits and details the reaction schemes that take place under hydrothermal conditions. Finally, it introduces recent research and development (R&D) trends in the hydrothermal process of fatty acids and triglycerides.
A comprehensive study of the thermal deoxygenation of palm residue under sub- and supercritical water conditions using Raney nickel as a heterogeneous catalyst is presented in this paper. Hydrothermal technology was chosen to replace the need for hydrogen as a reactant, as happens, for example, in catalytic hydrotreatment. Several experiments were carried out at different reaction temperatures (350, 370, and 390 °C) and were analyzed with different times of reaction (1, 3.5, and 6 h) and catalyst loads (5, 7.5, 10 wt.%). No hydrogen was introduced in the reactions, but it was produced in situ. The results showed the selectivity of biokerosene ranged from 2% to 67%, and the selectivity of diesel ranged from 5% to 98%. The best result was achieved for 390 °C, 10 wt.% catalyst load, and 3.5 h of reaction, when the selectivities equal to 67% for biokerosene and 98% for diesel were obtained. The Raney nickel catalyst demonstrated a tendency to promote the decarboxylation reaction and/or decarbonylation reaction over the hydrodeoxygenation reaction. Moreover, the fatty acid and glycerol reforming reaction and the water−gas shift reaction were the main reactions for the in situ H2 generation. This study demonstrated that a hydrothermal catalytic process is a promising approach for producing liquid paraffin (C11−C17) from palm residue under the conditions of no H2 supply.
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