Sustainable Alternatives for Aviation Fuels
- 1st Edition - May 31, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Abu Yousuf, Cristina Gonzalez-Fernandez
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 7 1 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 7 1 6 - 1
Sustainable Alternatives for Aviation Fuels presents a technical and economic guide on the development of sustainable aviation fuels from renewable sources. With a focus on commer… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSustainable Alternatives for Aviation Fuels presents a technical and economic guide on the development of sustainable aviation fuels from renewable sources. With a focus on commercial viability and cost reduction, the book explores every aspect of the alternative aviation fuels supply chain, including commercially feasible and environmentally sound feedstock, production routes, the roles of catalysts in processing, conceptual process design, process economics, engine performance, future market trends and case studies. Readers are provided with the tools to make decisions at every stage that are supported by in-depth techno-economic analyses, lifecycle assessments, and considerations for development prospects within the context of sustainability.
This book offers an excellent overview for readers involved in bioenergy and aviation. It is an invaluable resource for researchers and industry practitioners seeking to produce commercially viable, alternative aviation fuels.
- Presents the current sustainable alternative fuels for aviation, including commercially viable and environmentally sound feedstock and production routes
- Provides practical guidance on topics such as the role of catalysts in processing, conceptual process design and engine performance analysis
- Explores process economics, market trends and LCA analysis, in addition to a techno-economic analysis of biojet fuel and its sustainability
Researchers and postgraduates working in the areas of Renewable Energy, Bioenergy and alternative fuels, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Aviation Industry
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Conversion pathways for biomass-derived aviation fuels
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conversion pathways of biojet fuel
- 3: Lignocellulosic biomass to jet fuel
- 4: Conclusion and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 2: Thermochemical conversion of agricultural waste to biojet fuel
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Agricultural waste generation and composition
- 3: Conversion of agri-waste
- 4: Thermochemical production pathways of biojet fuel
- 5: Future challenges
- 6: Summary and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: Conversion of lignin-derived bio-oil to bio-jet fuel
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Catalyst utilization in HDO process for production of aviation fuels
- 3: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4: Main feedstock for sustainable alternative fuels for aviation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biofuel generations
- 3: Aviation biofuel feedstocks—Lipids
- 4: Aviation biofuel feedstocks: Sugar and starchy crops
- 5: Lignocellulosic biomass
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Advanced biorefineries for the production of renewable aviation fuel
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Production processes of renewable aviation fuel
- 3: Biorefineries to produce renewable aviation fuel
- 4: Future trends in the production of renewable aviation fuel through biorefineries
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Role of catalysts in sustainable production of biojet fuel from renewable feedstocks
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Roles of catalyst on different feedstock
- 3: Roles of catalyst on different stages of biojet fuel production
- 4: Future look
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7: Biojet fuels and emissions
- Abstract
- 1: Biojet fuels properties
- 2: Biojet fuels emissions in jet engines
- 3: Biojet fuels emissions in compression ignition engines
- 4: Strengths and weaknesses of the use of biojet fuels
- References
- Chapter 8: Governance and policy developments for sustainable aviation fuels
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Governance of sustainable aviation fuels
- 3: Policy framework of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)
- 4: Policy lessons on sustainable alternative fuels
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9: Life cycle assessment of biojet fuels
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The technology of biofuels production
- 3: Economic evaluation
- 4: Environmental impact assessment
- 5: Biojet fuels development
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10: Sustainability tensions and opportunities for aviation biofuel production in Brazil
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Discussion on sustainability performance of production alternatives
- 4: Sustainability tensions and opportunities
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 31, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 286
- No. of pages (eBook): 286
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323857154
- eBook ISBN: 9780323857161
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Abu Yousuf
Dr. Abu Yousuf is a Research Associate in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, in the United States. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. His primary research interests include renewable energy, biorefinery, energy storage and waste-to-energy, and he is currently working with protonic ceramic fuel cells at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Yousuf has published over 65 papers in reputed ISI and Scopus-indexed journals, 19 conference papers and 15 book chapters, and is the Editor of 5 books, as well as serving as an editorial board member for several reputed journals. He received the Dean’s Award from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, in 2019 and 2021, for his research, and won the ‘International invention of the year award’ at the British Invention Show, London, UK in 2017, for his work on Hybrid Energy Generation for Highway Lighting Systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma (OU), USACG
Cristina Gonzalez-Fernandez
Cristina Gonzalez-Fernandez received her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology at the University of Valladolid (2008). She carried out her doctoral thesis in the field of livestock wastes treatment for the removal of organic matter by means of mechanical and photosynthetic oxygenation on the liquid matrix and biogas production on the solid matrix. Previously to that, she worked at the Environmental Engineering Department in the University of Cincinnati (USA) where she also obtained a Master on Environmental Science (2005). She got a postdoc position at the Biotechnology Lab in the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (LBE-INRA, France) to work on the optimization of biogas production using microalgae. Nowadays, her research is focused on the recovery of carbon from wastes via biotechnological means. She is co-author of around 100 scientific publications and reviewer of international journals. Additionally, she has been involved in European and national funded research projects, as well as projects with private companies. She has supervised 5 PhD Thesis, and 20 Master Thesis and Final Year Projects. Today, Cristina González is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology of Valladolid University.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Assistant Senior, IMDEA Energy, Madrid, SpainRead Sustainable Alternatives for Aviation Fuels on ScienceDirect