From agricultural (by-)products to jet fuels: Carbon footprint and economic performance

Christian Moretti; Ana López-Contreras; Truus de Vrije; Axel Kraft; Martin Junginger; Li Shen

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145848

From agricultural (by-)products to jet fuels: Carbon footprint and economic performance

Christian Moretti, Ana López-Contreras, Truus de Vrije, Axel Kraft, Martin Junginger, Li Shen

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Abstract

This research assesses the well-to-tank (WTT) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and economic performance of an innovative bio-jet fuel via acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation. Dutch potato by-products from the food processing industry and sugar beets are explored as potential feedstocks. Four product systems differentiated by feedstocks, logistics and centralized/decentralized fermenters are investigated. For both feedstocks, it is found that a centralized large-scale fermentation is preferable to decentralized small-scale fermentation (25–30% less expensive and 5% lower WTT emissions). Once commercialization is reached, the cost and carbon performance of this novel bio-jet fuel could be similar to that of other alcohol-to-jet fuels. Depending on the feedstock and configuration considered, the GHG emission mitigation potential of this novel jet-fuel was estimated between 41% and 52%. To meet the EU RED II 65% GHG reduction criterion, possible options could be using low carbon-intensive processing energy and hydrogen or storing permanently biogenic carbon dioxide from fermentation.

Original language	English
Article number	145848
Number of pages	15
Journal	Science of the Total Environment
Volume	775
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145848
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2021

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Funding Information:
This work is financially supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economy Affairs and Climate Policy through the TKI-BBEG program (grant: TEBE116223 ). We would like to thank all our project partners.

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© 2021 The Authors

Keywords

ABE fermentation
Biomass
GHG emissions
Life cycle assessment
Minimum selling price

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