Life cycle energy and environmental impacts of hydroprocessed renewable jet fuel production from pennycress

Mousavi-Avval, Seyed Hashem; Shah, Ajay

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117098

Life cycle energy and environmental impacts of hydroprocessed renewable jet fuel production from pennycress

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Applied Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117098· OSTI ID:1831111

Mousavi-Avval, Seyed Hashem ^[1]; Shah, Ajay ^[2]

Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH (United States); Ohio State University
Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH (United States)

There is a growing interest in making the overall aviation industry more environmentally-friendly by developing advanced biofuels. In this context, the main driver is establishing feedstocks with lower environmental loads and higher energy use efficiency. The objective of this study was to evaluate the energy requirement and environmental impacts of hydroprocessed renewable jet fuel (HRJ) production from pennycress. The system boundary included pennycress production, logistics, oil extraction and conversion to HRJ, wastewater treatment, and electricity and steam generation. Energy allocation method was used for the analysis. The functional unit was considered to be one GJ of HRJ, and the biorefinery size was considered to be 18.9 million l/yr (5 million gal/yr) HRJ. Energy use efficiency of pennycress-based HRJ production was estimated to be 3.9–5.5 (90% central range), which was higher than that of HRJ from other oilseeds, such as canola. Global warming potential of pennycress-based HRJ (35–49 kgCO₂eq/GJ of HRJ (90% central range)) was also lower than those of HRJ from similar oilseeds and the commercial jet fuel baseline. Pennycress production was the main contributor to the total energy use and environmental impacts of HRJ production, mainly due to the use of nitrogen fertilizer for production, and fuel combustion for farm operations. Pennycress yield was identified as the most sensitive parameter affecting the energy use efficiency and environmental impacts of HRJ production. Furthermore, the outcomes of this study are useful for identifying the performance targets towards improving energy use efficiency and environmental performance of pennycress-based HRJ production at the commercial scale.

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Research Organization:: Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019233

OSTI ID:: 1831111

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1785425
OSTI ID: 23187019

Journal Information:: Applied Energy, Journal Name: Applied Energy Vol. 297; ISSN 0306-2619

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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