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Upgrading biocrude oil into sustainable aviation fuel using zeolite-supported iron-molybdenum carbide nanocatalysts
Sci. Adv, (27), p.5777
2025
Appears in Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT)
Abstract
Food waste is an underdeveloped source for production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Now, there is no certi-fed conversion process of food waste for SAF by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). We report the use of zeolite-supported molybdenum carbide nanocatalysts in upgrading biocrudes, produced from food wastes through HTL, into SAF precursors. Our data show a complete removal of oxygen from the biocrude through hydro-deoxygenation and a higher heating value of 46.5 MJ/kg, which is comparable to that of Jet A (46.1 MJ/kg). The prescreening tests (tier alpha and beta) show the average carbon number of the distillation cut (150° to 230°C) of upgraded fuel is 10.6, close to the value of 11.4 for average conventional jet fuel, and the specifcations of properties including surface tension, viscosity, heating value, fash point, and freezing point were found to meet the standards of SAF. The metal carbide nanocatalysts were reusable in upgrading tests, and the activity of deoxygen
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- Title
- Upgrading biocrude oil into sustainable aviation fuel using zeolite-supported iron-molybdenum carbide nanocatalysts
- Creators
- Siying Yu (Author)Haozhen He (Author) - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSabrina Summers (Author)Zhibin Yang (Author) - Washington State University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (TRIC)Buchun Si (Author) - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignRunnan Gao (Author) - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAnran Song (Author) - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignJoshua S Heyne (Author) - Washington State University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (TRIC)Yuanhui Zhang (Author) - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignHong Yang (Author) - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Publication Details
- Sci. Adv, (27), p.5777
- Academic Unit
- Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT); Alternative Jet Fuel
- Grants
- 13-C-AJFE-WaSU-035, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA13-C-AJFE-WaSU-044, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA
- Identifiers
- 99901313917801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article