Abstract
Aviation fuels are essential for flight transportation. The increasing demand for such fuels threatens the present efforts to mitigate global warming. Changing to renewable energy sources and hydrogen to drive airplanes is not ready and will take a few decades. Therefore, alternative fuels such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs, also so-called bio-jet fuels) could play an excellent role in mitigating greenhouse emissions. SAFs encompass blends of bio and synthetic fuels. Some SAF pathways have already been certified (such as oil-to-jet, alcohol-to-jet, gas-to-jet, and sugar-to-jet), and some are on the way to being certified. This review starts by providing a detailed overview of the current status of aviation fuels, including their growth, types, and emission trends. After that, it comprehensively delves into a thorough discussion of SAFs, covering various aspects such as their types, combustion properties, production technologies and pathways, cost evolution, and life cycle assessments. The paper discusses the SAFs’ future prospects while providing practical recommendations based on the analysis. It was shown that the oil-to-fuel (HEFA) pathway is more mature with less carbon emissions. SAFs face challenges, including high costs, limited production scale, feedstock availability, energy-intensive production methods, land-use competition, potential indirect environmental impacts, certification standards, infrastructure, and public acceptance. Much research is needed to reduce SAF costs substantially less than conventional aviation fuels.
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Abbreviations
- ADV. LI-ION:
-
Advanced lithium-ion battery
- AG:
-
Algae
- Al:
-
Alkaline water electrolysis
- APR:
-
Aqueous phase reforming
- ATJ:
-
Alcohol-to-jet
- CHJ:
-
Catalytic hydrothermolytic jet
- DAC:
-
Direct air capture
- DSHC:
-
Direct sugar to hydrocarbon
- EC:
-
Edible crops
- FT:
-
Fischer–Tropsch process
- HDCJ:
-
Hydrotreated depolymerized cellulosic jet
- HEFA:
-
Hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids
- IH2:
-
Integrated hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion
- LI-AIR:
-
Lithium-air battery
- LB:
-
Lignocellulosic biomass
- LI-ION:
-
Lithium-ion battery
- LI–S:
-
Lithium-sulfur battery
- LI-SSB:
-
Solid-state battery
- LUC:
-
Land use change
- MeOH:
-
Methanol synthesis process
- NEC:
-
Non-edible crops
- OW:
-
Oleochemical waste
- PEM:
-
Proton/polymer exchange membrane water electrolysis
- PS:
-
Point source carbon-capturing
- SAF:
-
Sustainable aviation fuels
- SF:
-
Syngas fermentation
- SOE:
-
Solid oxide electrolysis (water electrolysis or co-electrolysis)
- SuF:
-
Sugar fermentation and alcohol upgrading
- THC:
-
Thermochemical water splitting
- APR:
-
Aqueous phase reforming
- ARA:
-
Applied research associates
- ASTM:
-
American society for testing and materials
- ATAG:
-
Air transport action group
- ATJ:
-
Alcohol-to-jet
- CH:
-
Catalytic hydrothermolysis
- CHJ:
-
Catalytic hydrothermolysis jet fuel
- CID:
-
Cetane ignition delay
- CJF:
-
Conventional jet fuels
- CTH:
-
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation
- DCN:
-
Derived cetane number
- DSHC:
-
Direct sugar-to-hydrocarbon
- FEL:
-
Flame extinction limit
- FIT:
-
Fuel ignition tester
- FOG:
-
Fats, oils, and greases
- FT:
-
Fisher–Tropsch
- FTKs:
-
Freight ton-kilometers
- GHG:
-
Greenhouse gas
- GTJ:
-
Gas-to-jet
- GWP:
-
Global warming potential
- HDCJ:
-
Hydroprocessed depolymerized cellulosic jet
- HFS:
-
Hydroprocessing of fermented sugars
- IATA:
-
International Air Transport Association
- ICAO:
-
International Civil Aviation Organization
- IQT:
-
Ignition quality tester
- LCA:
-
Life cycle assessment
- LFS:
-
Laminar flame speed
- LNG:
-
Liquefied natural gas
- MJFSP:
-
Minimum jet fuel selling price
- NZE:
-
Net-zero emission
- OTJ:
-
Oil-to-jet
- RCM:
-
Rapid compression machine
- RPKs:
-
Revenue passenger kilometers
- SIP:
-
Synthesized isoparaffins
- SP:
-
Smoke point
- SPK:
-
Synthesized paraffinic kerosene
- STJ:
-
Sugar-to-jet
- USD:
-
United State dollar
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Qasem, N.A.A., Mourad, A., Abderrahmane, A. et al. A recent review of aviation fuels and sustainable aviation fuels. J Therm Anal Calorim (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-024-13027-5
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