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The storytelling of ICCE 2022: Audio Presentation This audio represents the outline of the presentation given at the 18th International Conference on clean energy - ICCE 2022.

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With the static #global growth 🌏 of the #biomass-derived #fuel #supplychain, coupled with their inclusion in the long-term #decarbonization of many transport enterprises, the sector still addresses the following #questions: are the emerging technologies assessing the #sustainability and #scalability of biofuels? and if so, what are the #challenges in the implementation of the future global #energy– #water–#climate #nexus? Despite #hydrothermal #liquefaction (HTL) being a competitive technology and apart from #crudeoil as the target product, the major challenge limiting the economic viability and technical scalability of the HTL-related process is the safe disposal of generated by-products, including nearly 25 wt.% to 50 wt.% post-hydrothermal #aqueous #phase (HTL-AP 💧) and 5 wt.% to 20 wt.% solid #hydrochar residues (HCs). #Integrating #adsorbents such as commercially #activatedcarbon and #zeolites can be a potential step to the removal of xenobiotic and recalcitrant #organic and #nutrient compounds from HTL-AP. However, these expensive adsorbents require a substitute for adsorption sustainability. Solid HCs, which are generated from HTL with carbon as the major element, can be used as low-cost adsorbents. However, its #porosity of 0.058–0.082 cm3/g and BET-specific surface area of 1.56–17 m2/g remain comparatively low because of the formation and condensation of hydrocarbons on the surface, thereby clogging pores and reducing its #adsorption capacity. To the best of our knowledge, existing HTL studies have well-characterized crude bio-oils but have not focused on hydrochar except for primary details such as yield and ultimate analysis. Furthermore, the use of HTL hydrochar as an alternative low cost for #commercial adsorbents and #wastewater #remediation purposes is very less explored in comparison to pyrolytic char. Hence, the focus of our just available online accepted article is to contribute to the knowledge development of these #gaps

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What is the CO-HTL4BIO-OIL project? What’s CO-HTL4BIO-OIL? CO-HTL4BIO-OIL is admittedly an ambitious project that aims to address the following research questions: “What kind of FUTURE do we want for the WORLD?” and “What kind of WORLD do we want for the FUTURE?”. To discover the WPs of CoBiol and help us develop a green and resilient world for tomorrow with affordable water, food, and energy for everyone, you are highly welcome to visit and follow our LinkedIn page by clicking on this link: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6878589922933059584

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of food wastes for sustainable production of high-grade biocrude-oil to drop-in transport fuel The transport sector is the highest consumer of fossil fuels accounting for 96% of the global energy, which corresponds to 65% of the global crude oil consumption. The escalating consumption of fossil fuels causes harmful environmental pollution by releasing > 7 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. The awareness to transition from conventional fossil fuel to eco-friendly options has resulted in several decarbonization strategies with Europe’s priority to develop new alternative and carbon-neutral energy sources based on a cost-effective biomass-based thermochemical conversion. Hence, the objective of CO-HTL4BIO-OIL is to develop commercially viable catalytic co-hydrothermal liquefaction (CO-HTL) that converts 2G wet solid food wastes into a sustainable transport fuel with potential 100% atom efficiency, low production costs, and zero CO2 emissions. An in-depth study on the HTL parameters, optimization of the CO-HTL process, and techno-economic assessment are expected to provide an outlook scenario of the industrial-scale process for high biofuels production capacity. The project will respond to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED, 2009/28/EC) targeting-20-20-20 by 2020: 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, 20% increase in energy efficiency, and 20% of the EU’s energy consumption originating from renewable sources. Hence, it will have a positive and pioneering impact in bringing together Europe's knowledge-based economy and society toward sustainable and green transportation