The conversion of biomass into renewable jet fuel

Yu-Kai Chen, Cheng-Han Lin and Wei-Cheng Wang

Energy, 2020, vol. 201, issue C

Abstract: Producing renewable jet fuels from solid waste contributes greatly on circular economy with respect to the energy, environment and economics. The feedstock sources are resolved, the solid wastes are re-used, the pollution from aircrafts are reduced and the air energy is renewed. In this study, the rice husk biomass, which has been a headache agriculture waste in Taiwan, was turned into products similar to traditional jet fuel through fluidized bed fast pyrolysis, hydro-processing and hydro-cracking/isomerization, in which significant increases in normal alkanes, iso-alkanes and cycloalkanes were found. The final product from hydro-cracking/isomerization contained appropriate amount of normal, iso-, and cyclo-alkanes, which made it suitable to be the replacement for jet fuel.

Keywords: Circular economy; Renewable jet fuels; Fluidized bed fast pyrolysis; Hydro-processing; Hydro-cracking/isomerization+; Biofuel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.117655

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