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Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Status, challenges and prospects of drop-in liquid fuels, hydrogen and electrification in aviation

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Bauen, Ausilio, Bitossi, Niccolò, German, Lizzie, Harris, Anisha, Leow, Khangzhen·2020·Johnson Matthey Technology Review

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Aviation fuel demand is expected to continue to grow over the next decades and continue to rely heavily on kerosene fuel for use in jet engines. While efficiency and operational improvements are possible ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, decarbonisation will need to heavily rely on low carbon kerosene drop-in alternatives. Currently, alternative fuels make up a very small share of fuel used in aviation, but their commercialisation is making good progress. Hydrogen offers a longer-term alternative fuel option but requires aircraft design and fuelling infrastructure changes. Electrification is emerging as an option for providing propulsion in aircraft, either in pure form in small aircraft or in hybrid mode in larger aircraft. This paper reviews the status, challenges and prospects of alternative fuels and electrification in aviation.

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    “Nevertheless, this process uses an expensive feedstock and the production of the fuel is a high energy process, implantation of HFS-SIP fuels on a commercial scale would be extremely costly [138].”

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Authors
Bauen, A., Bitossi, N., German, L., Harris, A., & Leow, K.
Affiliations
E4tech (United Kingdom) (GB)
Venue
Johnson Matthey Technology Review
Published
2020-07-01
Volume
64
Issue
3
Pages
263-278
ISSN
2056-5135 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3005808497
Cited by
194
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 21
FWCI
6.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
Johnson Matthey Technology Review (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
Keywords
sustainable aviation fuel, aviation decarbonization, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen aviation, aircraft electrification, hybrid-electric aircraft, alternative aviation fuels

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