Title:
Assessment of the Environmental Impact of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel FT-SPK Produced via Gasification of Biogenic Residues
Author(s):
Matschegg, D., Fuhrmann, M., Bacovsky, D., Strasser, C., Stern, T.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The aviation sector is responsible for about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) are considered as one of the most important measures to defossilise this sector. In 2021, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive as part of the fit-for-55 package, which includes binding SAF blending mandates. These increase in 5-year steps to finally 70% SAF of the European aviation fuel consumption in 2050. In comparison, global SAF production currently only amounts to less than 1% of global aviation fuel consumption. In order to reach the ambitious blending mandates, SAF production capacity must ramp-up significantly. One promising fuel is FT-SPK (Fischer-Tropsch synthetic paraffinic kerosene), produced via gasification of biogenic residues with a subsequent Fischer-Tropsch-synthesis (FT). The FT-SPK pathway is promising regarding CO2 emissions reduction as well as feedstock flexibility. Although gasification of biogenic residues is not yet commercial, assessing its potential ecological impacts is crucial before driving broad implementation of this technology. A 1 MW pilot gasifier incl. a FT-synthesis unit located in Vienna, Austria, demonstrates this technology in a single, industry-oriented and continuous process chain. Therefore, it delivers a unique data basis for such an assessment. Thus, the project AssessSAF aims for assessing the environmental impact of the FT-SPK pathway in pilot-scale, as well as industrial-scale based on real data, using the methodology of life cycle assessment. Subsequently, the socio-technical impact of FT-SPK will be evaluated at system level for Europe to assess to which extent FT-SPK can contribute to European defossilisation targets.
Keywords:
biofuel, gasification, residues, dual fluidized bed, life cycle assessment (LCA), decarbonisation
Topic:
Sustainability, Impacts and Policies
Subtopic:
Climate impacts and GHG performance
Event:
32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
2BV.7.4
Pages:
323 - 326
ISBN:
978-88-89407-24-0
Paper DOI:
10.5071/32ndEUBCE2024-2BV.7.4
Price:
FREE
