Rasheed, MA;
Materazzi, M;
(2025)
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production from Waste with Carbon Capture and Storage and Green Hydrogen Integration: A Techno-Economic Analysis of Different Production Pathways in the UK.
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European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings.
(pp. pp. 91-96).
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies: Florence, Italy.
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Abstract
This study evaluates the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) through gasification with Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and Methanol-to-Jet (MTJ) production pathways. The process employs the integrations of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and green hydrogen (H2) as system integrations. Integration of CCS offers additional carbon mitigation, benefiting from credits tied to the biogenic carbon in MSW. The H2 integrated processes benefit from improved productivity and efficiency, as well as utilisation of the oxygen produced from water electrolysis in the gasification and reforming stages. The processes are modelled within Aspen Plus and based on the detailed mass and energy balances obtained, a techno-economic assessment of the different production pathways is carried out. Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) derived from MSW is used as the feedstock for syngas generation, resulting in a hydrogen-rich, contaminant-free gas for synthesis. Results and assessment show the MTJ-H2 pathway achieving the highest SAF yield and lowest levelized cost of production (LCOP) compared to other pathways. Sensitivity analysis was also carried out on some key variables to assess their impacts on LCOP. Overall, the findings will underscore the importance of exploring various pathways and integrations, as well as industry collaboration for scaling up in order to advance waste-based SAF technologies, ensuring their role in the future energy mix for SAF and decarbonisation.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production from Waste with Carbon Capture and Storage and Green Hydrogen Integration: A Techno-Economic Analysis of Different Production Pathways in the UK |
| Event: | EUBCE 2025 - 33rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.etaflorence.it/proceedings/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Engineering Science Faculty Office |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10216864 |
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