Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Session code 5AV.2
Biofuels and renewable hydrocarbon biofuels
Residual Lipids Pretreatment Towards Alternative Transportation Fuels
Short Introductive summary
The present study aims to investigate the pretreatment of WCOs in order to improve their qualitative characteristics, prior their conversion into advanced transportation fuels via catalytic hydrotreatment. In particular a three-stage experimental process (neutralization, washing and removal of soaps, drying) was developed and reduction of acidity, moisture and soap content was found in the degraded examined WCOs samples. Accordingly, the examined process is efficient towards the pretreatment of residual lipids enabling their subsequent upgrading into transportation fuels.
Presenter
Loukia CHRYSIKOU
CERTH Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute
Presenter's biography
Dr. Chrysikou obtained a Chemistry diploma and a Ph.D from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Since 2010 she is a research assistant in CERTH’s HydroProcessing Group involved in R&D on novel low-carbon fuel technologies, focusing on LCA of processes producing renewable fuels.
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Co-authors:
S. Bezergianni, CERTH Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, GREECE
I. Kosma, CERTH Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, GREECE
Session reference: 5AV.2.21