Universidad de Santiago de Chile

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Chemistry

Reducing Willow Wood Fuel Emission by Low Temperature Microwave Assisted Hydrothermal Carbonization

Victoria Knappe^*1, Sebastian Paczkowski^*1, Luis Alonso Diaz Robles², Alain Gonzales², Stefan Pelz¹

¹Department of Forest Utilization & Biomass Fuels and Combustion, University of Applied Science Rottenburg, ²Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

A protocol for the emission precursor depletion from low quality biomass by low temperature microwave assisted hydrothermal carbonization treatment is presented. This protocol includes the microwave parameters and the analysis of the biocoal product and process water.