{"id":108962,"date":"2022-05-06T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=108962"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:27:19","slug":"lignin-based-jet-fuel-packs-more-power-for-less-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/lignin-based-jet-fuel-packs-more-power-for-less-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Lignin-based jet fuel packs more power for less pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

An experimental plant-based jet fuel could increase engine performance and efficiency, while dispensing with aromatics, the pollution-causing compounds found in conventional fuels, according to new research.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist at Richland, Wash., helps develop a sustainable fuel component as part of research into bio-based jet fuels. \u00a9 Washington State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Using a range of tests and predictions, the researchers examined fuel properties critical to jet engine operation, including seal swell, density, efficiency and emissions. Their results suggest that this sustainable fuel could be mixed with other biofuels to fully replace petroleum-derived fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we tested our lignin jet fuel, we saw some interesting results,\u201d said Bin Yang, professor with WSU\u2019s Department of Biological Systems Engineering and corresponding author on the study. \u201cWe found that it not only had increased energy density and content but also could totally replace aromatics, which are a real problem for the aviation industry.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cAromatics are associated with increased soot emissions, as well as contrails, which are estimated to contribute more to the climate impact of aviation than carbon dioxide,\u201d said Joshua Heyne, co-author, University of Dayton scientist and current co-director of the joint WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute. \u201cAromatics are still used in fuel today because we do not have solutions to some of the problems they solve: they provide jet fuel with a density that other sustainable technologies do not. Most unique is their ability to swell the O-rings used to seal metal-to-metal joints, and they do this well.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cWe want to fly safely, sustainably, and with the lowest impact to human health,\u201d Heyne added. \u201cThe question is, how do we do all of this as economically as possible?\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Pictured in his lab, Professor Bin Yang developed a new method to turn lignin from agricultural waste into a sustainable jet fuel. A new study revealed that his fuel could reduce emissions along with the need touse\u00a0fossil-based aromatics\u00a0in\u00a0fuel, enabling fully sustainable blends for air travel. \u00a9 Washington State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Yang developed a patented process that turns lignin from agricultural waste into bio-based lignin jet fuel. Such sustainable fuel could help the aviation industry reduce dependance on increasingly expensive fossil fuels while meeting higher environmental standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WSU-developed, lignin-based fuel\u2019s properties \u201coffer great opportunities for increasing fuel performance, higher fuel efficiency, reduced emission, and lower costs,\u201d the authors wrote in Fuel. \u201cThe fact that these molecules show sealant volume swell comparable with aromatics opens the door to develop jet fuels with virtually no aromatics, very low emissions and very high-performance characteristics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe lignin-based fuel we tested complements other sustainable aviation fuels by increasing the density and, perhaps most importantly, the ring-swelling potential of blends,\u201d Heyne said.\u00a0\u201cWhile meeting our material needs, these sustainable blends confer higher energy densities and specific energies without using aromatics.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThis process creates a cleaner, more energy-dense fuel,\u201d Yang added. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what sustainable aviation fuels need for the future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Additional contributors to the study include Zhibin Yang, University of Dayton; Zhangyang Xu and Maoqi Feng, WSU; John Cort, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; and Rafal Gieleciak, Natural Resources Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yang and his team\u2019s research has been supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency through the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Sun Grant Initiative, the National Renewable Laboratory, the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation, and WSU\u2019s Bioproducts, Science and Engineering Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper, \u201cLignin-based jet fuel and its blending effect with conventional jet fuel<\/a>,\u201d published online April 15. It will appear in the Aug. 22 edition of Fuel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An experimental plant-based jet fuel could increase engine performance and efficiency, while dispensing with aromatics, the pollution-causing compounds found in conventional fuels, according to new research. Using a range of tests and predictions, the researchers examined fuel properties critical to jet engine operation, including seal swell, density, efficiency and emissions. Their results suggest that this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"In a study published in the journal Fuel, researchers analyzed a Washington State University-developed jet fuel based on lignin, an organic polymer that makes plants tough and woody","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,5714,10617,11828,14859,18669],"supplier":[20308,20307,1847,3791,18028,2959,11236,11558,2878],"class_list":["post-108962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biofuels","tag-jetfuel","tag-lignin","tag-plantbased","tag-sustainablefuel","supplier-fuel-journal","supplier-national-renewable-laboratory","supplier-natural-resources-canada","supplier-pacific-northwest-national-laboratory","supplier-university-of-dayton","supplier-us-department-of-defense-dod","supplier-u-s-department-of-energy","supplier-u-s-department-of-transportation","supplier-washington-state-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108962"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=108962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}