From: Well-to-wake analysis of ethanol-to-jet and sugar-to-jet pathways
 | Biological [31] | Catalytic [32] | ||
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External H2 | In situ H2 | Gasification H2 | ||
Jet fuel yield (MJ jet/kg corn stover) | 4.42 | 8.39 | 4.85 | 5.60 |
Hydrogen use (kJ/MJ jet) | 123 | 528 | – | – |
Electricity use (Wh/MJ jet) | – | – | 1.81 | – |
Enzyme and chemical use (g/MJ jet) | 15.9 | 8.48 | 14.7 | 9.45 |
Catalyst use (g/MJ jet) | – | 0.0034 | 0.0040 | 0.0036 |
Water use (L/MJ jet) | 15.9 | 6.1 | 10.2 | 11.9 |
Electricity yield (Wh/MJ jet) | 22.3 | 12.6 | – | 2.8 |