Production Processes of Renewable Aviation Fuel. Present Technologies and Future Trends

Table of Contents

1. Biojet fuel: driving the aviation sector to sustainability 2. Renewable feedstock and its conversion routes to biojet fuel 3. Production processes for the conversion of triglyceride feedstock 4. Production processes for the conversion of sugar and starchy feedstock 5. Production processes for the conversion of lignocellulosic feedstock 6. Process intensification and process integration in the production of biojet fuel 7. Supply chain for the production of biojet fuel 8. The future trends in the production of biojet fuel

Authors

Claudia Gutierrez-Antonio Professor-Researcher, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Santiago de Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico. Dr. Claudia Guti�rrez-Antonio got her Master and Ph.D. degrees from Instituto Tecnol�gico de Celaya in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Currently, she is professor-researcher at Universidad Aut�noma de Quer�taro and she is member of the National Research System of Mexico. Her research interest is in the area of intensification and optimization of renewable aviation fuel production processes. She has published more than 30 papers, 8 book chapters and 1 book. Araceli Guadalupe Romero-Izquierdo Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Araceli Guadalupe Romero-Izquierdo got her Master degree in the Chemical Engineering Department in the Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico in 2015. He stayed as scholar researcher at Universidad Aut�noma de Quer�taro and Centro de Investigaci�n Cient�fica de Yucat�n in 2014 and 2017, respectively. Currently, he is PhD student at Universidad de Guanajuato, under the direction of Profrs. Claudia Guti�rrez-Antonio, Fernando Israel G�mez-Castro and Salvador Hern�ndez. Her research interest is in the area of biorefineries design, considering as main process the production of renewable aviation fuel. She has published 4 articles in indexed journals. Fernando Israel Gomez Castro Professor-Researcher, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Dr. Fernando Israel G�mez-Castro got his Master and Ph.D. degrees in Universidad de Guanajuato (2007) and Instituto Tecnol�gico de Celaya (2010), respectively. He stayed as scholar researcher at Texas A&M University. Currently, he is professor-researcher at Universidad de Guanajuato and he is member of the National Research System of Mexico. His research interest is in the area of control studies and optimization of biofuel production processes, including renewable aviation fuel. He has published 35 papers, 15 book chapters and 2 books. Salvador Hern�ndez Professor-Researcher, Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Dr. Salvador Hern�ndez got his Master and Ph.D. degrees in Instituto Tecnol�gico de Celaya in 1993 and 1998, respectively. He stayed as scholar researcher at University of Delaware. Currently, he is professor-researcher at Universidad de Guanajuato and he is member of the National Research System of Mexico. His research interest is in the area of design an intensification of biofuels production processes, including renewable aviation fuel. He has published more than 80 papers and 7 book chapters.