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Catalytic Production of Jet Fuels from Biomass

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Díaz-Pérez, Manuel Antonio, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos·2020·Molecules

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Concerns about depleting fossil fuels and global warming effects are pushing our society to search for new renewable sources of energy with the potential to substitute coal, natural gas, and petroleum. In this sense, biomass, the only renewable source of carbon available on Earth, is the perfect replacement for petroleum in producing renewable fuels. The aviation sector is responsible for a significant fraction of greenhouse gas emissions, and two billion barrels of petroleum are being consumed annually to produce the jet fuels required to transport people and goods around the world. Governments are pushing directives to replace fossil fuel-derived jet fuels with those derived from biomass. The present mini review is aimed to summarize the main technologies available today for converting biomass into liquid hydrocarbon fuels with a molecular weight and structure suitable for being used as aviation fuels. Particular emphasis will be placed on those routes involving heterogeneous catalysts.

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  • Palm oil and many crops obtained from deforestation are not encouraged as these cause further environmental damage in different sectors.

    “Palm oil and many crops obtained from deforestation are not encouraged as these cause further environmental damage in different sectors [120].”
  • Due to the nature of jet fuels, alternative fuels currently employed in road transportation and biodiesel cannot be used within the aviation industry.

    “Due to the nature of jet fuels, alternative fuels currently employed in road transportation and biodiesel cannot be used within the aviation industry.”
  • The gasification process requires conversion of biomass feedstock lignocellulose into syngas under high-temperature conditions while controlling the oxidant species present.

    “The gasification process requires conversion of biomass feedstock lignocellulose into syngas under high-temperature conditions while controlling the oxidant species present [120].”
  • This increases the cost and time of this process, which poses a problem for commercial-scale implementation.

    “This increases the cost and time of this process, which poses a problem for commercial-scale implementation [120].”
  • Jet fuel alternatives must be utilised at low temperatures and display high energy density to supply the energetic demand of long-haul flights, properties which biodiesels do not display.

    “Jet fuel alternatives (e.g., fuels derived from biomass) must also be utilised at low temperatures and also display high energy density to supply the energetic demand of long-haul flights, properties which biodiesels do not display [120].”

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Authors
Díaz-Pérez, M. A., & Serrano-Ruiz, J. C.
Affiliations
Materials and Sustainability Group, Department of Engineering, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Avda. de las Universidades s/n, 41704 Dos Hermanas, Seville, Spain
Venue
Molecules
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-02-12
Volume
25
Issue
4
Pages
802
ISSN
1420-3049 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3006351403
Cited by
116
References
79
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1
FWCI
1.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Molecules (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (RYC-2015-19230)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
Keywords
jet fuel, biomass conversion, heterogeneous catalysis, aviation fuel, renewable fuels, liquid hydrocarbon fuels, biofuels, aviation emissions, catalytic upgrading
MeSH terms
Catalysis, Humans, Hydrocarbons, Biomass, Biofuels, Natural Gas

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