Sustainable bio kerosene: Process routes and industrial demonstration activities in aviation biofuels

David Chiaramonti, Matteo Prussi, Marco Buffi and Daniela Tacconi

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 136, issue C, 767-774

Abstract: Alternative fuels are expected to play a major role in EU in the coming years due European Directives on the promotion of renewable energies and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in transports. However, while in road transports a variety of possible renewable fuels (mainly biofuels, but also electricity) can be considered, in aviation only high quality paraffinic biofuels can be adopted. This means that biomass must be converted through advanced processes into pure hydrocarbon fuels, fully compatible with the existing systems. The aviation sector is responsible for the 2% of the world anthropogenic CO2 emissions and the 10% of the fuel consumption: airlines’ costs for fuel reach 30% of operating costs. In addition, the aviation traffic is expected to double within 15years from 2012, while fuel consumption and CO2 emissions should double in 25years. Thus, more than 2 billion people and 40 Mt of good/cargo will have to be moved every year. In this context, the EU Flightpath set a target of 2Mt per year for aviation alternative fuel by 2020 (i.e. 4% of annual fuel consumption). New processes towards bio-hydrocarbons are being developed, demonstrated and soon industrialized.

Keywords: Biofuels; Aviation; Bioenergy; Vegetable oil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.065

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