Advanced Techniques of Energy Production from Waste Biomass Using Subcritical Water

Abstract

  In this article, recent advances in the utilization of waste biomass with subcritical water were reviewed. In the first application, the mixture of subcritical water and air was used for the incineration of waste biomass containing nitrogen atom completely and safely. In the second, subcritical water was used for the pretreatment of cellulose to accelerate the following cellulase saccharification. In the last, subcritical water was used for the production of powdery fuel from the mixture of waste biomass and plastics.