Potential for the integrated production of biojet fuel in swedish plant infrastructures
Ericsson, Karin LU
(2021)
In Energies
14(20).
- Abstract
Replacing fossil jet fuel with biojet fuel is an important step towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aviation. To this end, Sweden has adopted a GHG mandate on jet fuel, complementing those on petrol and diesel. The GHG mandate on jet fuel requires a gradual reduction in the fuel’s GHG emissions to up to 27% by 2030. This paper estimates the potential production of biojet fuel in Sweden for six integrated production pathways and analyzes what they entail with regard to net biomass input and the amount of hydrogen required for upgrading to fuel quality. Integrated production of biofuel intermediates from forestry residues and by-products at combined heat and power plants as well as at the forest industry, followed by... (More)
Replacing fossil jet fuel with biojet fuel is an important step towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aviation. To this end, Sweden has adopted a GHG mandate on jet fuel, complementing those on petrol and diesel. The GHG mandate on jet fuel requires a gradual reduction in the fuel’s GHG emissions to up to 27% by 2030. This paper estimates the potential production of biojet fuel in Sweden for six integrated production pathways and analyzes what they entail with regard to net biomass input and the amount of hydrogen required for upgrading to fuel quality. Integrated production of biofuel intermediates from forestry residues and by-products at combined heat and power plants as well as at the forest industry, followed by upgrading to biojet fuel and other transportation fuels at a petroleum refinery, was assumed in all the pathways. The potential output of bio-based transportation fuels was estimated to 90 PJ/y, including 22 PJ/y of biojet fuel. The results indicate that it will be possible to meet the Swedish GHG mandate for jet fuel for 2030, although it will be difficult to simultaneously achieve the GHG mandates for road transportation fuels. This highlights the importance of pursuing complementary strategies for bio-based fuels.
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- author
- Ericsson, Karin
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-10-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Biojet fuel, Drop-in biofuels, Integration, Plant infrastructure, Sustainable aviation fuel, Sweden
- in
- Energies
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 20
- article number
- 6531
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85117261156
- ISSN
- 1996-1073
- DOI
- 10.3390/en14206531
- project
- Systemperspektiv på svensk produktion av biojetbränslen
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 69fbcda4-c9c9-44e3-8223-b1e646faf9f3
- date added to LUP
- 2022-03-22 17:06:39
- date last changed
- 2023-02-12 19:40:27
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