Abstract Submission to Be Considered As An Oral Presentation at AIChE 2015 Annual Meeting in the Biochemical Conversion Processes in Forest/Plant Biomass Biorefineries Session
Technical Feasibility Evaluation of Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) Conversion Technology for Renewable Jet Fuel
Scott Geleynse, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Michael Wolcott, Xiao Zhang
Washington State University
The FAA is working to enable the U.S. use of one billion gallons per year of “drop-in” sustainable alternative jet fuels by 2018. Airlines and aerospace manufacturers around the world have also expressed continuously increasing interest in the replacement of jet fuel from fossil fuels to renewable fuels from biomass. Despite the considerable investment in the research of several different conversion strategies, establishing the successful commercial production of biorenewable jet fuel remains a challenge. In this presentation, we will review strategies to use alcohols as a platform molecule to generate jet fuel and other products. By highlighting the technical opportunities and barriers in the process, we aim to provide insight into the various political and economic challenges faced in making and meeting renewable fuel goals.
Presenting author:
Scott Geleynse
Bioproducts Sciences and Engineering Laboratory
School of Chemical Engineering
and Bioengineering, Washington State University
2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA 99354
Contact: scott.geleynse@email.wsu.edu, x.zhang@wsu.edu
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