Phillip Savage

Department Head and Walter L. Robb Family Chair of Chemical Engineering

Phillip Savage

Research Summary

Chemical reaction kinetics, algae biofuel, catalysis, sustainability, supercritical fluids.

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Most Recent Publications

Influence of Metal Salts on the Hydrolysis of Postconsumer Poly(ethylene Terephthalate)

Patrícia Pereira, Willem Slear, Peter M. Guirguis, Phillip E. Savage, Christian W. Pester, 2025, ACS ES and T Engineering on p. 1140-1148

Renewable Fuels and Chemical Recycling of Plastics via Hydrothermal Liquefaction

Phillip E. Savage, 2024, Accounts of Chemical Research on p. 3386-3396

Fast hydrolysis for chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

Patrícia Pereira, Willem Slear, Angelo Testa, Kevin Reasons, Peter Guirguis, Phillip E. Savage, Christian W. Pester, 2024, RSC Sustainability on p. 1508-1514

Review and assessment of models for predicting biocrude yields from hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass

Peter M. Guirguis, Mahadevan Subramanya Seshasayee, Bita Motavaf, Phillip E. Savage, 2024, RSC Sustainability on p. 736-756

Acid catalyst screening for hydrolysis of post-consumer PET waste and exploration of acidolysis

Patrícia Pereira, Phillip E. Savage, Christian W. Pester, 2024, Green Chemistry on p. 1964-1974

Reflections on Twelve Years with I&EC Research

Phillip E. Savage, 2023, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research on p. 21883-21884

Announcing the 2023 Class of Influential Researchers - Asia and Pacific

Phillip E. Savage, 2023, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research on p. 20471-20472

Hydrothermal liquefaction of starch using homogeneous and heterogeneous co-catalysts

Xin Ding, Seshasayee Mahadevan Subramanya, Yuqi Wang, Phillip E. Savage, 2023, Chemical Engineering Journal

Introducing the Perspective Manuscript Type in I&EC Research

Phillip E. Savage, 2023, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research on p. 9353

ACS Editors' Choice Virtual Collection from I&EC Research

Phillip E. Savage, Linda J. Broadbelt, Marianthi Ierapetritou, Bo Geng Li, Massimo Morbidelli, Tina M. Nenoff, Ashwin W. Patwardhan, Aaron Scurto, Huanting Wang, 2023, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research on p. 8993-8994

Most-Cited Papers

Hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge under isothermal and fast conditions

Lili Qian, Shuzhong Wang, Phillip E. Savage, 2017, Agricultural Wastes on p. 27-34

Synergistic and Antagonistic Interactions during Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Soybean Oil, Soy Protein, Cellulose, Xylose, and Lignin

Jianwen Lu, Zhidan Liu, Yuanhui Zhang, Phillip E. Savage, 2018, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering on p. 14501-14509

Hydrothermal Reactions of Biomolecules Relevant for Microalgae Liquefaction

Shujauddin M. Changi, Julia L. Faeth, Na Mo, Phillip E. Savage, 2015, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research on p. 11733-11758

Oil from plastic via hydrothermal liquefaction: Production and characterization

Mahadevan Subramanya Seshasayee, Phillip E. Savage, 2020, Applied Energy

A quantitative kinetic model for the fast and isothermal hydrothermal liquefaction of Nannochloropsis sp.

David C. Hietala, Julia L. Faeth, Phillip E. Savage, 2016, Agricultural Wastes on p. 102-111

Trash to Treasure: From Harmful Algal Blooms to High-Performance Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Xinghua Meng, Phillip E. Savage, Da Deng, 2015, Environmental Science & Technology on p. 12543-12550

Modeling the effects of microalga biochemical content on the kinetics and biocrude yields from hydrothermal liquefaction

James D. Sheehan, Phillip E. Savage, 2017, Agricultural Wastes on p. 144-150

Fast and isothermal hydrothermal liquefaction of sludge at different severities: Reaction products, pathways, and kinetics

Lili Qian, Shuzhong Wang, Phillip E. Savage, 2020, Applied Energy

Synergistic interactions during hydrothermal liquefaction of plastics and biomolecules

Mahadevan Subramanya Seshasayee, Phillip E. Savage, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Effect of Process Variables on Food Waste Valorization via Hydrothermal Liquefaction

Bita Motavaf, Phillip E. Savage, 2021, ACS ES and T Engineering on p. 363-374