CIRCULAIR: Jet fuel production from abundant agricultural residues

The video presents the CIRCULAIR key activities and achievements and outlines our holistic approach to utilizing all major process streams resulting from HTL conversions. CIRCULAIR - Circular fuel supply for air transport via negative emission HTL conversion - is a collaborative research project funded by the Horizon Europe programme of the European Commission, in which L-UP is involved as a partner (project management, communication and dissemination). The project brings together 10 partners from 6 European countries. Achieving climate neutrality in Europe requires large volumes of sustainable fuels for transport sectors like aviation. CIRCULAIR designs an integrated pathway that produces cost-effective aviation biofuels based on hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of abundant agricultural residues (manure, straw). Key innovations of CIRCULAIR include close thermal coupling of HTL conversion with exothermic wet oxidation of the HTL process water. The project also develops innovative approaches to upgrading HTL biocrudes to jet fuel and accelerating the approval of HTL-derived fuels for use in civil aviation. Coupling with green hydrogen generation enables almost complete biomass utilisation and yields methanol as a main by-product. CIRCULAIR will close a knowledge gap regarding the utilisation of HTL solids for soil amendment and carbon sequestration. Visit CIRCULAIR at https://project-circulair.eu/ and follow us on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/he-project-circulair. Funded by the European Union under GA No. 101083944. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.