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May 18, 2026Journal of Cleaner ProductionOpen Access

Evaluating CO2 mitigation strategies in SAF biorefineries: Techno-economic and life cycle analysis

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JAJ.P. AhireUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonRBR. BergmanUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonTRT. RungeUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

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Randomized trial evaluates CO2 mitigation in biorefineries, indicating sodium bicarbonate production offers superior carbon reduction.

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate various CO2 mitigation strategies within sustainable aviation fuel biorefineries to determine their economic and environmental effectiveness.
  • Comparative techno-economic analysis of three CO2 management strategies
  • Life cycle assessment to analyze greenhouse gas emissions
  • Sensitivity analysis on factors affecting costs and emissions
  • Methanol synthesis shows net positive GHG emissions (+49.0 g CO2 e/MJ SAF) while mineralization yields significant carbon negativity (−261.9 g CO2 eq/MJ SAF)
  • Geological sequestration improves net GHG performance by approximately 163% compared to methanol synthesis
  • Sodium bicarbonate production notably reduces SAF minimum selling price by approximately 38% relative to methanol synthesis.

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Ahire et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0aac6d5ba8ef6d83b6fd71https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148473
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