TY - JOUR AU - van Dyk, Susan AU - Su, Jianping AU - Ebadian, Mahmood AU - O’Connor, Don AU - Lakeman, Michael AU - Saddler, Jack (John) PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/05 TI - Potential yields and emission reductions of biojet fuels produced via hydrotreatment of biocrudes produced through direct thermochemical liquefaction JO - Biotechnology for Biofuels SP - 281 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The hydrotreatment of oleochemical/lipid feedstocks is currently the only technology that provides significant volumes (millions of litres per year) of “conventional” biojet/sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). However, if biojet fuels are to be produced in sustainably sourced volumes (billions of litres per year) at a price comparable with fossil jet fuel, biomass-derived “advanced” biojet fuels will be needed. Three direct thermochemical liquefaction technologies, fast pyrolysis, catalytic fast pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction were assessed for their potential to produce “biocrudes” which were subsequently upgraded to drop-in biofuels by either dedicated hydrotreatment or co-processed hydrotreatment. SN - 1754-6834 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1625-2 DO - 10.1186/s13068-019-1625-2 ID - van Dyk2019 ER -