Comments on 'Thermochemical Catalytic Liquefaction of the Marine Microalgae Duanaliella tertiolecta and Characterization of Bio-oils' by Zou et al

摘要

In a recent publication in this journal, Zou et al., described the use of acid-catalyzed alcoholysis as a means of converting biomass derived from an alga, Duanaliella tertiolecta, into a liquid that might serve as a feedstock for producing renewable transportation fuels. Their systematic investigation of process conditions resulted in identification of combinations of temperature, reagent ratios, and reaction time that converted, impressively, > 95% of the original biomass into a combination of light and heavy bio-oils.