Impact of bioenergy feedstock carbon farming on sustainable aviation fuel viability in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Biomass-derived sustainable aviation fuel holds significant potential for decarbonizing the aviation sector. Its long-term viability depends on crop choice, longevity of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, and the biomass-to-biojet fuel conversion efficiency. We explored the impact of fuel price and SOC value on viable biojet fuel production scale by integrating an agroecosystem model with a field-to-biojet fuel production process model for 1,4-dimethylcyclooctane (DMCO), a representative high-performance biojet fuel molecule, from Miscanthus, sorghum, and switchgrass. Assigning monetary value to SOC sequestration results in substantially different outcomes than an increased fuel selling price. If SOC accumulation is valued at $185/ton CO₂, planting Miscanthus for conversio

SUBMITTER: Gautam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10742374 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature