TY - CHAP
T1 - Utilisation of CO2 in transnational LNG supply chain for the enhancement of jet fuel production in globally decentralised GTL industries
AU - Al-Yaeeshi, Ali Attiq
AU - Al-Ansari, Tareq
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Jet Fuel from the gas-to-liquid (jet fuel-GTL) process is a suitable alternative to that produced from conventional oil refining because of its combustion efficiency, and compatibility to both legacy and newly designed aircrafts engines. It contributes towards the diversification and expansion of fuel supply chain in the aviation industry due to its unique properties, as it is ultraclean releasing lower levels of Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides and particulate emissions upon burning. The State of Qatar, with its vast quantities of natural gas resources, can lead in the widespread adoption of jet fuel-GTL. The GTL technology also can contribute positively toward CO2 emission reduction through the integration between GTL and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology, as this will enhance the total production of refined products and reduce CO2 emissions level. The concept model of integrating of CO2 product with GTL plant has been discussed in (Al-Yaeeshi et al., 2020a) and the results are demonstrated positively in terms of techno-economic-environmental aspects. In fact, fuel production in Pearl GTL has prompted Qatar Airways (QA) to become the first commercial airliner to trial jet fuel-GTL. However, mainstream utilisation is challenged due to: (a) lack of availability of jet fuel-GTL for the purpose of re-fuelling at QA's worldwide destinations. As such, the presence of GTL plants is limited globally due to the availability of natural gas and the high capital costs for GTL plant construction; (b) volatility in jet fuel-GTL prices and the uncertainty in petroleum product markets. The objective of this study is to assess the techno-economic-environmental feasibility of a novel methodological framework based on decentralised LNG-to-GTL processes (or hubs) at optimal locations of LNG terminals. The objective is to enhance the availability of jet fuel-GTL and other GTL products in global aviation and other transportation sectors.
AB - Jet Fuel from the gas-to-liquid (jet fuel-GTL) process is a suitable alternative to that produced from conventional oil refining because of its combustion efficiency, and compatibility to both legacy and newly designed aircrafts engines. It contributes towards the diversification and expansion of fuel supply chain in the aviation industry due to its unique properties, as it is ultraclean releasing lower levels of Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides and particulate emissions upon burning. The State of Qatar, with its vast quantities of natural gas resources, can lead in the widespread adoption of jet fuel-GTL. The GTL technology also can contribute positively toward CO2 emission reduction through the integration between GTL and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology, as this will enhance the total production of refined products and reduce CO2 emissions level. The concept model of integrating of CO2 product with GTL plant has been discussed in (Al-Yaeeshi et al., 2020a) and the results are demonstrated positively in terms of techno-economic-environmental aspects. In fact, fuel production in Pearl GTL has prompted Qatar Airways (QA) to become the first commercial airliner to trial jet fuel-GTL. However, mainstream utilisation is challenged due to: (a) lack of availability of jet fuel-GTL for the purpose of re-fuelling at QA's worldwide destinations. As such, the presence of GTL plants is limited globally due to the availability of natural gas and the high capital costs for GTL plant construction; (b) volatility in jet fuel-GTL prices and the uncertainty in petroleum product markets. The objective of this study is to assess the techno-economic-environmental feasibility of a novel methodological framework based on decentralised LNG-to-GTL processes (or hubs) at optimal locations of LNG terminals. The objective is to enhance the availability of jet fuel-GTL and other GTL products in global aviation and other transportation sectors.
KW - Aviation
KW - Gas-To-Liquid (GTL)
KW - Jet Fuel
KW - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85110534333
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50229-1
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50229-1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85110534333
T3 - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
SP - 1485
EP - 1490
BT - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
PB - Elsevier B.V.
ER -