The study, “Production of renewable jet fuel range alkanes and commodity chemicals from integrated catalytic processing of biomass,” was published in Energy and Environmental Science. It is available here.
A multi-university study examined the barriers to economically priced biofuels from grass, crop debris and wood. Using expertise in biomass processing, catalyst design, reaction engineering, and process modeling, the team identified “the primary cost drivers” in so-called advanced biofuels and “suggests that increasing efficiency in wastewater treatment and decreasing catalyst costs could reduce that amount to $2.88 per gallon,” compared to the current price of $4.75 for biomass-derived jet fuel, says a Syracuse University summary.
The study, “Production of renewable jet fuel range alkanes and commodity chemicals from integrated catalytic processing of biomass,” was published in Energy and Environmental Science. It is available here.