TY - JOUR
T1 - Techno-economic analysis of renewable aviation fuel production
T2 - From farming to refinery processes
AU - Tongpun, Pimpun
AU - Wang, Wei Cheng
AU - Srinophakun, Penjit
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan , through grant 107-2221-E-006 -135 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/7/20
Y1 - 2019/7/20
N2 - This study considered the techno-economic evaluations for the economic feasibility of jatropha derived hydro-processed renewable jet (HRJ) fuel, starting from the farming processes to the refinery (fruit-to-fuel) processes, based on the situations in Taiwan. The farming processes included plantation, growing and harvesting. The fruit-to-fuel processes included fruit dehulling, shell combustion, oil extraction, pyrolysis of press cake, oil refinery and product separation. In addition, the calculated minimum jet fuel selling price (MJSP) was compared to the cases from two different countries (Thailand and Cambodia) and to the scenario without cultivation. The MJSP of the Taiwan case, $6.25/L jet fuel, was higher than the cases of Thailand and Cambodia as well as the without-cultivation scenario. Moreover, according to the annual aviation fuel consumption from one of the aviation companies in Taiwan, the MJSPs of various blending fractions were calculated and compared with the cases of Thailand and Cambodia.
AB - This study considered the techno-economic evaluations for the economic feasibility of jatropha derived hydro-processed renewable jet (HRJ) fuel, starting from the farming processes to the refinery (fruit-to-fuel) processes, based on the situations in Taiwan. The farming processes included plantation, growing and harvesting. The fruit-to-fuel processes included fruit dehulling, shell combustion, oil extraction, pyrolysis of press cake, oil refinery and product separation. In addition, the calculated minimum jet fuel selling price (MJSP) was compared to the cases from two different countries (Thailand and Cambodia) and to the scenario without cultivation. The MJSP of the Taiwan case, $6.25/L jet fuel, was higher than the cases of Thailand and Cambodia as well as the without-cultivation scenario. Moreover, according to the annual aviation fuel consumption from one of the aviation companies in Taiwan, the MJSPs of various blending fractions were calculated and compared with the cases of Thailand and Cambodia.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064476449
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 226
SP - 6
EP - 17
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -