Title:
Biojet Fuel in Brazil: Technological Routes and Feedstock Availability
Author(s):
Carvalho, F., Portugal-Pereira, J., Koberle, A., Szklo, A.S.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
This study aims to evaluate the technical and economic potential for biojet production in Brazil, by identifying the cost-effectiveness of different technological routes and assessing the competitive opportunities for Brazilian growing market of biojet fuel. To this end, a series of indicators have been developed. Preliminary results reveal Brazil may play an important role in the biojet market worldwide. Among different feedstocks, agricultural and forestry wastes present significant potential of production; however, in spite of its low-cost, the technological routes based on residues have yet to become cost-competitive with conventional fossil fuel production. Additionally, there is a large technical potential of biojet production from oleaginous crops. However, this feedstock is already applied in biodiesel production, the environmental gains are limited due to the high dependence on fossil fuel resources both at the agricultural and industrial stages and feedstocks are also expensive. The LCA performed in this study revealed important life cycle GHG emissions and fossil fuel consumption reductions, as all the alternative fuels modeled revealed reductions of over 70%. However, factors related to infrastructure, taxation and productivity may constrain the findings of this study.
Keywords:
agricultural residues, biofuels, forest residues, life cycle assessment (LCA), oil crops, biomass-to-liquid (BtL)
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass potentials and biomass mobilisation
Event:
24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1BV.4.2
Pages:
162 - 173
ISBN:
978-88-89407-165
Paper DOI:
10.5071/24thEUBCE2016-1BV.4.2
Price:
FREE
