Low carbon jet fuel through integration of novel technologies for co-valorisation of CO2 and biomass

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 capture/separation)
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes))

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Dr MM Maroto-Valer
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Heriot-Watt University

Standard

EPSRC

01 January 2016

30 April 2021

64 months

£1,800,518

Catalysis & surfaces

Scotland

Energy : Energy

Dr MM Maroto-Valer, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

Dr J Andresen, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Professor P Edwards, Oxford Chemistry, University of Oxford
Dr P K Greening, Sch of Management and Languages, Heriot-Watt University
Dr AF Lee, Chemistry, Cardiff University
Dr M I Piecyk, Sch of Management and Languages, Heriot-Watt University
Dr J Scott, Business School, Aston University
Dr H Wang, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Dr DG Wright, Business School, Aston University
Dr B Xu, Sch of Management and Languages, Heriot-Watt University
Dr J Xuan, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

Project Contact, Johnson Matthey Plc
Project Contact, Lu'an Ltd, China
Project Contact, Centre for Process Innovation - CPI
Project Contact, Future Blends Ltd
Project Contact, China Huaneng Group

Low-carbon aviation fuels must be developed to help the UK to transition to a low carbon future, whilst meeting security of energy supply. This multidisciplinary proposal unites leading engineers and scientists from the Universities of Heriot-Watt, Aston, Oxford and University of Edinburgh to realise our vision of production of low carbon jet fuels through the integration of novel technologies for co-valorisation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and biomass. Our project aims to produce low carbon synthetic aviation jet fuel using renewable energy from waste agricultural and forestry biomass and captured CO2. An integrated chemistry (bottom-up method to develop novel catalysts and electrodes) and engineering (top-down method to tailor heat and mass transport parameters influencing reaction conditions) approach will be implemented towards high selective and efficient jet fuel production. Process integration and life cycle analysis will be performed by incorporating the newly developed process into a greater domain (e.g. various options of carbon sources), and to investigate the social/political/economic valuation of the biomass and CO2 to jet fuel value added chain

07/10/16