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Power‐to‐Liquids as Renewable Fuel Option for Aviation: A Review
Author(s) -
Schmidt Patrick,
Batteiger Valentin,
Roth Arne,
Weindorf Werner,
Raksha Tetyana
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201700129
Subject(s) - jet fuel , aviation , renewable energy , electricity generation , aviation biofuel , aviation fuel , renewable fuels , fossil fuel , electricity , environmental science , liquid fuel , waste management , greenhouse gas , engineering , power (physics) , combustion , aerospace engineering , bioenergy , chemistry , electrical engineering , physics , ecology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , biology
Severe reductions in the greenhouse gas intensity of aviation fuels are required to get a growing aviation sector on a flightpath compliant with the Paris Climate Agreement. Introducing renewable energy into aviation is challenging. The power‐to‐liquid (PtL) pathway uses renewable electricity, CO 2 , and water to synthesize a sustainable alternative fuel that chemically resembles conventional jet fuel. The state‐of‐art of key technologies for PtL fuel production as well as the environmental and techno‐economic performance of the resulting fuel in comparison with fossil and biomass‐derived jet fuel are reviewed.