Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 10:00 CEST
Session code 5BO.2
Advances on biomass conversion to aviation fuels (SAF)
Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Organic Waste and Catalytic Hydrotreating
Short Introductive summary
As an abundant resources, biomass through biorefinery activities has the potential to produce sustainable and cost-effective fuel blendstocks, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), diesel, marine fuel, and is expected to benefit the future circular economy. More importantly, aircrafts are difficult to electrify and thereby they will substantially continue to count on liquid hydrocarbons fuel for long-haul flights. In order to develop a massive-scale sustainable aviation biofuel in the short term, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process combined with existing refinery hydrotreater could be a realistic and economic scenario to guarantee the same quality of final fuels. The current study investigates the potential for catalytic hydrotreating of HTL-biocrude from biopulp waste to be utilized as an SAF. In this instance, the SAF specifications are chemically distinct and must therefore be compliant to internationally agreed standards (ASTM D7566) under all conditions within the aircraft. Further fractional distillation of upgraded bio-fuels was obtained at different hydrotreating operating conditions to predict fuel performance from detailed knowledge of the fuel chemistry.
Presenter
Abdenour ACHOUR
Aalborg University, Energy Dpt.
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Co-authors:
D. Castello, Aalborg University, DENMARK
M.S. Haider, Aalborg University, DENMARK
Session reference: 5BO.2.3