Cost-Effective Opportunities to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Low-Cost Wastes in the US

T Seiple, Y Jiang, LJ Snowden-Swan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Converting low-cost wet organic and municipal solid wastes into sustainable aviation fuel
(SAF) represents an immediate opportunity to help decarbonize the aviation sector. To …

Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of biomass-derived polyhydroxyurethane and nonisocyanate polythiourethane production and reprocessing

C Liang, Y Jadidi, Y Chen… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nonisocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) show promise as more sustainable alternatives to
conventional isocyanate-based polyurethanes (PUs). In this study, polyhydroxyurethane …

Wet waste hydrothermal liquefaction and biocrude upgrading to hydrocarbon fuels: 2021 state of technology

LJ Snowden-Swan, S Li, Y Jiang, MR Thorson… - 2022 - osti.gov
Each year the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) assesses
progress in their research and development efforts toward sustainable production of …

Uncertainty analysis for techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of wet waste hydrothermal liquefaction with centralized upgrading to produce fuel blendstocks

Y Jiang, C Mevawala, S Li, A Schmidt, J Billing… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction is a promising technology that can produce fuels from waste with
much lower greenhouse gas emissions and potential to supply 24% of total US jet fuel …

From biowaste to BioPave: Biological pathways for sequestration of anthropogenic CO2 and enhancing durability of roadway infrastructures

F Pahlavan, AM Hung, S Aldagari, AJ Schmidt… - Resources …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomass-derived bio-oils are emerging as sustainable, low-carbon alternatives for
construction materials, particularly in innovative pavement applications,'BioPave'. This study …

Aqueous-phase product treatment and monetization options of wet waste hydrothermal liquefaction: Comprehensive techno-economic and life-cycle GHG emission …

Y Jiang, L Ou, L Snowden-Swan, H Cai, S Li… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
While wet waste hydrothermal liquefaction technology has a high biofuel yield, a significant
amount of the carbon and nitrogen in the feedstock reports to the aqueous-phase product …

GREET-Based Interactive Life-Cycle Assessment of Biofuel Pathways: User Manual

L Ou, M Sheely, H Cai - 2022 - osti.gov
An interactive, web-based tool was developed to streamline the process design for biofuel
pathways that the Department of Energy's (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is …