Alternative aviation fuels in Brazil

Environmental performance and economic feasibility

Doctoral thesis (2021)

Authors

R. Silva Capaz BT/Biotechnology and Society - AS
Research Group
BT/Biotechnology and Society (AS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2021 R. Silva Capaz
DOI
help_outline
https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:a2740d8c-f08c-4fdd-96b8-54dd5d6fee01
More Info
expand_more

Published Date

2021

Language

English

Reuse Rights

Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.

Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

BT/Biotechnologie

Research Group

BT/Biotechnology and Society

Abstract

The aviation sector is responsible for only 3% of the anthropogenic carbon emissions in the world. However, this transport mode – which demands 3-fold more energy per capita than other collective modes, such as railway and bus transportation – is exclusively supplied by fossil fuels, and it has grown at an impressive rate of 7.5% per year in the last decade in the world. In line with the global aims to reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions and the dependency on fossil fuels, the decarbonization of the aviation sector – which is typically based on cost-intensive projects with rigorous quality control – is a challenge...