Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Subject "Bio-oil"

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Bio-oil production from sweet sorghum bagasse via liquefaction using alkaline solutions and identification of phenolic products

Sehume, Thabo Z.; Strydom, Christien A.; Bunt, John R.; Schobert, Harold H. (Springer, 2020)

The feasibility of converting biomass into bio-oil and the effect of an alkaline treatment during biomass liquefaction was studied. Sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) was treated with NaOH concentrations of 0.5, 1.0, 3.0 and 6.0 ...
Noodle waste based biorefinery: an approach to address fuel, waste management and sustainability

Karmee, Sanjib Kumar (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

Noodle waste contains significant amounts of starch, lignocellulosic material and oil. Pretreatment involving extraction followed by centrifugation is necessary to separate the oil from the starch and lignocellulosic ...