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New approaches to measuring biochar density and porosity by Brewer, Catherine E., Chuang, Victoria J., Masiello, Caroline A., Gonnermann, Helge, Gao, Xiaodong, Dugan, Brandon, Driver, Laura E., Panzacchi, Pietro, Zygourakis, Kyriacos, Davies, Christian A.

“…It is clear that the density and porosity of biochar will impact its mobility in the environment, its interaction with the soil hydrologic cycle, and its…”
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Potential of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for paired phytoremediation and bioenergy production by Rheay, Hanah T., Omondi, Emmanuel C., Brewer, Catherine E.

“…Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a multi‐use crop that has been investigated for its potential use in phytoremediation of heavy metals, radionuclides, and organic…”
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Criteria to Select Biochars for Field Studies based on Biochar Chemical Properties by Brewer, Catherine E., Unger, Rachel, Schmidt-Rohr, Klaus, Brown, Robert C.

“…One factor limiting the understanding and evaluation of biochar for soil amendment and carbon sequestration applications is the scarcity of long-term,…”
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Producing jet fuel from biomass lignin: Potential pathways to alkyl-benzenes and cycloalkanes by Cheng, Feng, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…Jet turbine fuels have not been completely replaced by biomass-derived fuels due, in part, to the lack of the aromatic and cycloalkane hydrocarbons in bio-jet…”
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Short-Term Biochar Impacts on Crop Performance and Soil Quality in Arid Sandy Loam Soil by Keller, Lindsay, Idowu, Omololu John, Ulery, April, Omer, Mohammed, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…A two-year field study was conducted in sandy loam soil to evaluate the impacts of biochar on soil quality and the growth and yields of pinto bean (Phaseolus…”
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Characterization of resin extracted from guayule (Parthenium argentatum): A dataset including GC–MS and FT-ICR MS by Dehghanizadeh, Mostafa, Cheng, Feng, Jarvis, Jacqueline M., Holguin, F. Omar, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…Guayule (Parthenium argentatum), a shrub native to the arid region of the U.S. southwest and Mexico belonging to the Asteraceae family, is a source of high…”
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Waste-to-wealth application of wastewater treatment algae-derived hydrochar for Pb(II) adsorption by Yu, Jiuling, Tang, Tianbai, Cheng, Feng, Huang, Di, Martin, Julia L., Brewer, Catherine E., Grimm, Ronald L., Zhou, Meng, Luo, Hongmei

“…Hydrochar, as an energy-lean solid waste, is generated from an advanced biofuel conversion technique hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and always leads to…”
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Hydrothermal liquefaction of high- and low-lipid algae: Mass and energy balances by Cheng, Feng, Cui, Zheng, Mallick, Kwonit, Nirmalakhandan, Nagamany, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…[Display omitted] •G. sulphuraria needs more severe HTL reaction conditions to produce bio-crude oil.•Algae with high lipid contents allow for greater energy…”
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Modification of a pilot-scale continuous flow reactor for hydrothermal liquefaction of wet biomass by Cheng, Feng, Le Doux, Travis, Treftz, Brian, Woolf, Scott, Yu, Jiuling, Miller, Juanita, Jena, Umakanta, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…[Display omitted] A pilot-scale continuous flow reactor (CFR) was modified for hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of algae slurry under subcritical conditions to…”
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Hydrothermal liquefaction of high- and low-lipid algae: Bio-crude oil chemistry by Cheng, Feng, Cui, Zheng, Chen, Lin, Jarvis, Jacqueline, Paz, Neil, Schaub, Tanner, Nirmalakhandan, Nagamany, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…•Algal lipid and protein content affect the composition and upgrading of HTL oils.•N. salina bio-crude oils contain more fatty acids, amides, and aliphatic…”
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Roles of Co-solvents in hydrothermal liquefaction of low-lipid, high-protein algae by Cui, Zheng, Cheng, Feng, Jarvis, Jacqueline M., Brewer, Catherine E., Jena, Umakanta

“…•Alcohols help transfer protein fragments from the aqueous phase to bio-crude oil.•Ethanol, isopropanol and glycerol accelerate Maillard reactions.•Crude…”
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Ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis of wastewater sewage sludge – A micro-pyrolysis study by Wang, Kaige, Zheng, Yan, Zhu, Xifeng, Brewer, Catherine E., Brown, Robert C.

“…•Ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis of sewage sludge with HZSM-5 was investigated.•Full recovery of most inorganic elements in sludge were found in the…”
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Bio-crude oil from hydrothermal liquefaction of wastewater microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous flow reactor by Cheng, Feng, Jarvis, Jacqueline M., Yu, Jiuling, Jena, Umakanta, Nirmalakhandan, Nagamany, Schaub, Tanner M., Brewer, Catherine E.

“…•A continuous flow reactor was modified for producing algal bio-crude oil.•Bio-crude oil (28 wt% yield, 39 MJ/kg) was obtained from wastewater algae.•Bio-crude…”
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Hydrothermal liquefaction of Galdieria sulphuraria grown on municipal wastewater by Cheng, Feng, Mallick, Kwonit, Henkanatte Gedara, Shanka M., Jarvis, Jacqueline M., Schaub, Tanner, Jena, Umakanta, Nirmalakhandan, Nagamany, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…•Wastewater-grown algae gave lower bio-crude oil yield than media-grown strain.•Quality of wastewater algae oil was comparable to that of media-grown…”
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Interactions of beet leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), vector of beet curly top virus, and hemp in New Mexico by Creamer, Rebecca, Simpson, Annabel, Rheay, Hanah T., Brewer, Catherine E.

“…The beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Baker 1896), is the sole vector of beet curly top virus (BCTV). Both the virus and the vector have very wide host…”
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Recovery of Nitrogen from Low-Cost Plant Feedstocks Used for Bioenergy: A Review of Availability and Process Order by Bayat, Hengameh, Cheng, Feng, Dehghanizadeh, Mostafa, Brewer, Catherine E

“…The cost of feedstock is often a major barrier to commercialization for lignocellulosic biofuels. Much of the research on biofuel and biobased chemical…”
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Characterization of biochar from fast pyrolysis and gasification systems by Brewer, Catherine E., Schmidt-Rohr, Klaus, Satrio, Justinus A., Brown, Robert C.

“…Thermochemical processing of biomass produces a solid product containing char (mostly carbon) and ash. This char can be combusted for heat and power, gasified,…”
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Integrated Extraction and Catalytic Upgrading of Biocrude Oil from Co-hydrothermal Liquefaction of Crude Glycerol and Algae by Cui, Zheng, Cheng, Feng, Jarvis, Jacqueline M, Jena, Umakanta, Brewer, Catherine E

“…Co-hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of wastewater algae and crude glycerol has been shown to produce higher yields at lower costs compared to wastewater algae…”
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Short-term leachability of salts from Atriplex-derived biochars by Sarpong, Kwabena Addae, Amiri, Ali, Ellis, Sterling, Idowu, Omololu John, Brewer, Catherine E.

“…Disposal of concentrate from brackish water desalination is limited by concerns of salt leaching into fresh water sources. Prevention of salt from leaching can…”
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Bio-crude oil production and valorization of hydrochar as anode material from hydrothermal liquefaction of algae grown on brackish dairy wastewater by Yu, Jiuling, Audu, Meshack, Myint, Maung T., Cheng, Feng, Jarvis, Jacqueline M., Jena, Umakanta, Nirmalakhandan, Nagamany, Brewer, Catherine E., Luo, Hongmei

“…Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is effective at recovering bioenergy from wet microalgae, which is used for cleaning polluted water body. In this study, a…”
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