Vries, Karlijn de (2022) Contribution of Sustainable Aviation Fuels Towards Net Zero 2050 - Using Life Cycle Analysis. Integration Project, Industrial Engineering and Management.
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Abstract
Many regulative bodies, such as the European Union and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), have set the goal to have net zero CO2 emissions generated by flights by 2050. Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are considered the biggest contributor to achieve this goal, as they should reduce 65% of all expected CO2 emissions by 2050. SAFs are alternative jet-fuels that are produced from biomass or waste resources instead of fossil resources. SAFs can by blended with conventional jet-fuel kerosene up to 50% and require, therefore, minimal to no retrofitting of existing aircraft fleets. This research focusses on three conditions that SAFs must meet to achieve their contributing goal towards net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. These conditions are that the environmental impact of SAFs must be at least 65% lower than that of kerosene, flying on 100% SAF must be possible, and enough feedstocks must be available. The environmental impact of the entire life cycles of 4 SAFs, taking into account different possible feedstocks, are assessed using life cycle analysis (LCA). The results of these LCAs show that the ability of different SAFs to reduce emissions ranges from about 80%-10% compared to kerosene. The SAF Fischer-Tropsch has the lowest environmental impact with an emission reduction between 91% and 85%, taking into account the different feedstocks.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Integration Project) |
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| Supervisor name: | Ree, C.M. and Kousemaker, T.M. |
| Degree programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management |
| Thesis type: | Integration Project |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2022 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2022 10:33 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/26595 |
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