Comparative Evaluation of Pyrolysis and Hydrothermal Liquefaction for Obtaining Biofuel from a Sustainable Consortium of Microalgae Arthrospira platensis with Heterotrophic BacteriaстатьяИсследовательская статья
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Аннотация:Paper is devoted to comparative evaluation of pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) for obtaining biofuel from microalgal biomass (MAB). Research was carried out using own grown biomass of stable microalgae-bacteria consortium based on Arthrospira platensis. A. platensis was chosen because of its simple cultivation and harvesting. Pyrolysis was carried out at temper-atures of 300, 400, 500 and 600 °C with a constant rate temperature change of 10°C/min; HTL was carried out at temperatures of 270, 300 and 330 °C. The bio-oil yield obtained by HTL (38.8-45.7%) was significantly higher than that of pyrolysis (up to 21.9%). At the same time, the bio-coal yields using both technologies were almost the same – about 27%. Biochar (bio-coal) can be considered as alternative strategy for CO2 absorption and subsequent storage, since it is 90% geologically stabilized carbon.