Biofuels for aviation : feedstocks, technology and implementation

Summary: This book presents the issues surrounding the research and use of biofuels for aviation, such as policy, markets, certification and performance requirements, life cycle assessment, and the economic and technical barriers to their full implementation.

Record details

ISBN: 9780128045688
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 374 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Publisher: London : Academic Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

I. An overview of the sector -- The prospects for biofuels in aviation / A. W. Schafer -- Feedstocks for aviation biofuels / C. J. Chuck, M. McManus, M. J. Allen and S. Singh -- Certification and performance : what is needed from an aviation fuel? / G. E. Dorrington -- II. The science and technology of developing biofuels for aviation -- The suitability of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) as blending agents in Jet A-1 / M. Lapuerta and L. Canoira -- Aviation biofuels through lipid hydroprocessing / A. K. Sinha, M. Anand and S. A. Farooqui -- Low-carbon aviation fuel through the alcohol to jet pathway / K. P. Brooks, L. J. Snowden-Swan, S. B. Jones, M. G. Butcher, G.-S.J. Lee, D. M. Anderson, J. G. Frye, J. E. Holladay, J. Owen, L. Harmon, F. Burton, I. Palou-Rivera, J. Plaza, R. Handler and D. Shonnard -- Metabolic engineering strategies to convert carbohydrates to aviation range hydrocarbons / A. Bergman and V. Siewers -- Pyrolysis of biomass for aviation fuel / R. W. Jenkins, A. D. Sutton and D. J. Robichaud -- Towards an aviation fuel through the hydrothermal liquefaction of algae / S. Raikova, C. D. Le, J. L. Wagner, V. P. Ting and C.J. Chuck -- Aviation turbine fuels through the Fischer-Tropsch process / A. De Klerk -- Current and potential aviation additives for higher biofuel blends in Jet A-1 / S. L. Repetto, J. F. Costello and D. Parmenter -- III. Testing, assessment and the future -- Life cycle assessment of biojet fuels / R. S. Capaz and J. E. A. Seabra -- Goverment policy on delivering biofuels for the aviation sector / D. Thran and J. Ponitka -- 14. Sustainable aviation : a UK roadmap for sustainable aviation fuels / L. Hudson, A. Jefferson, A. Bauen and L. Nattrass -- Roadmap to a sustainable aviation biofuel : a Brazilian case study / L. A. B. Cortez, H. Cantarella, M. A. F. D. Moraes, L. A. H. Nogueira, U. Schuchardt, T. T. Franco, F. E. B. Nigro, A. M. Nassar, R. L. V. Leal and R. Baldassin Jr.