LBNL Develops Renewable Jet Fuel

LBNL Develops Renewable Jet Fuel

Air travel emissions have a huge negative impact on the environment due to greenhouse gas emissions from traditional jet fuel. As a result, there is a high demand for biofuels for aviation use.

According to a recent mailing from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories‘ Intellectual Property Department, researchers at Berkeley Lab have produced a novel jet fuel, prespatane, from the red yeast Rhodosporidium Toruloides. Prespatane is a promising jet fuel – its specific energy and volumetric energy density are higher than traditional (Jet A) fuel. Prespatane’s specific energy is 43.06 MJ/kg which is an increase by 0.61% over Jet A specification. Saturated prespatane has a specific energy estimate of 43.27 which is an increase by 1.1% over Jet A specification. Saturated prespatane has an energy density estimate of 41.46 MJ/L which represents a 18.79% increase over the Jet A median value. Prespatane’s volumetric energy density is 38.9 MJ/L.

This technology developed by scientists at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) at Berkeley Lab offers a high titer of the novel jet fuel, prespatane, by utilizing lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable carbon source. Prespatane was produced in 2 L reactors, reaching 1.17 g/L in one-pot poplar hydrolysate. JBEI continues to optimize the titer of prespatane.

Interested partners should contact LBNL’s Intellectual Property Office.

To read the full article and details on the new fuel, visit Cleantech Concepts.

Source: LBNL and Cleantech Concepts.

Tom Breunig is publisher of Cleantech Concepts, which tracks cleantech R&D. Sign up for the newsletter at Cleantech Concepts.



要查看或添加评论,请登录

Tom Breunig的更多文章

  • Simple Fix for Li-ion Battery Bank Fires

    Simple Fix for Li-ion Battery Bank Fires

    Some challenges go unaddressed because we think a solution must involve advanced technology. A deceptively simple…

  • Mocean Heads to Ocean: Wave Energy

    Mocean Heads to Ocean: Wave Energy

    Last month Mocean Energy unveiled its Blue X wave energy prototype that will take to the seas in Orkney in a matter of…

  • Hydrogen "Paste" for Micromobility?

    Hydrogen "Paste" for Micromobility?

    Existing hydrogen vehicles are equipped with a reinforced tank that is fueled at a pressure of 700 bar. This tank feeds…

    7 条评论
  • BP and Chevron Turn to Geothermal

    BP and Chevron Turn to Geothermal

    BP and Chevron have invested in Eavor Technologies Inc., an innovative technology company that (finally) may help drive…

  • Bertrand Piccard: Aviation Can Rise to the Carbon Challenge, Here's How

    Bertrand Piccard: Aviation Can Rise to the Carbon Challenge, Here's How

    Bertrand Piccard makes no apologies for being an aviation enthusiast, and believes that despite its current woes the…

  • Hydrogen Converts Common Plastic into High-Value Molecules

    Hydrogen Converts Common Plastic into High-Value Molecules

    Most plastic recycling produces low-value materials -- but this team has found a way to turn a common plastic into…

  • Li-Ion Approach Boosts Efficiency and Puts Out Fires

    Li-Ion Approach Boosts Efficiency and Puts Out Fires

    In an entirely new approach to making lithium-ion batteries lighter, safer and more efficient, scientists at Stanford…

  • Sodium Battery Work: Li-Ion Performance

    Sodium Battery Work: Li-Ion Performance

    Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous, used in numerous applications such as cell phones, laptops, and electric…

    1 条评论
  • Storing Excess Electricity as Hydrogen

    Storing Excess Electricity as Hydrogen

    While many utilities are evaluating trailerfuls of batteries for quick deployment of power into the grid, researchers…

    15 条评论
  • A Step Closer to Fast-Charging Batteries

    A Step Closer to Fast-Charging Batteries

    Most of us have probably not thought about cracking the code of "traffic management" inside a lithium ion battery. But…

社区洞察

其他会员也浏览了