relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/5934/ title: A study on torrefaction of Laminaria japonica creator: Uemura, Y. creator: Matsumoto, R. creator: Saadon, S. creator: Matsumura, Y. description: Torrefaction of a macroalga Laminaria japonica, a representative macroalga, was carried out in a fixed-bed tubular reactor under nitrogen atmosphere at 423 to 573 K. Three useful findings were obtained for torrefaction of L. japonica from this study. Firstly, the major reaction of the microalga may be decomposition of alginate, while the major reaction for torreterrestrial biomass is known to be decomposition of hemicellulose. Even so, H/C vs. O/C (so-called the van Krevelen plot) showed a similar trend between the macroalga and terrestrial biomass. Secondly, an extremely low temperature is effective to obtain a satisfactory energy yield of torrefied macroalga. Thirdly, the ash, nitrogen and sulfur can be considerably eliminated from the macroalga by torrefaction. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. publisher: Elsevier date: 2015 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Uemura, Y. and Matsumoto, R. and Saadon, S. and Matsumura, Y. (2015) A study on torrefaction of Laminaria japonica. Fuel Processing Technology, 138. pp. 133-138. ISSN 03783820 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84930658045&doi=10.1016%2fj.fuproc.2015.05.016&partnerID=40&md5=7011d92adb561684cd9d4a0f927d50f7 relation: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.05.016 identifier: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.05.016