“…Research on the pyrolysis of microalgae is 'quite extensive' and has achieved reliable and promising outcomes (Marcilla, Catalá, García-Quesada, Valdés, & Hernández, 2013), but there appears to be less work on seaweed and much of the work carried out has used fast rather than slow pyrolysis for the production of oil rather than char (Milledge & Heaven, 2014;Milledge, Smith, Dyer, & Harvey, 2014;Yanik, Stahl, Troeger, & Sinag, 2013;Zhou, Zhang, Zhang, Fu, & Chen, 2010). The char from the pyrolysis of algae, however, has been found to be an effective soil ameliorant and fertiliser and could be an additional revenue stream (Bird & Benson, 1987), but the thermal behaviour of seaweeds is complex with a myriad of diverse reactions and thermolysis pathways (Rowbotham, Dyer, Greenwell, Selby, & Theodorou, 2013).…”