Low-Carbon Aviation Fuel Through the Alcohol to Jet Pathway

Brooks, Kriston P.; Snowden-Swan, Lesley; Jones, Susanne B.; Butcher, Mark; Lee, G.-S.J.; Anderson, David M.; Frye, John G.; Holladay, Jamie D.; Owen, J; Harmon, Laurel; Burton, Freya; Palou-Rivera, Ignasi; Plaza, John; Handler, Robert M.; Shonnard, David R.

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“…The adoption of biofuel may be an alternative to fossil fuel, but sustainable fuels require more investment in research and development projects, which will increase the cost of airline services and, in turn, of tickets. The government and private sector are concerned about investing in such research projects, but, as noted above, customers are not willing to pay extra for airlines to adopt biofuel (Brooks et al., ). In any case, biofuel is not expected to make a significant contribution until 2025 (Will et al., ).…”

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“…Concern from both the governmental and private sectors to use more biofuel to reduce GHG emissions is growing. Despite the use of biofuels for promotion purposes, customers, still dominated by the economic factor, are not prepared to pay extra to biofuel operators (Brooks et al., ). Sustainable fuels are not expected to make a significant contribution until 2025 (Will et al., ).…”

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“…By 2050, the airlines are committed to halving their total of CO 2 emissions from 2005 (Brooks et al., ), and they are doing their best to manage the environmental impact of their operations. This raises the question of what the best operational actions are for airlines to reduce their negative environmental impact.…”

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Identifying the best practices of airlines’ green operations strategy: A cross‐regional worldwide survey

Migdadi

2018

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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The aim of this paper is to report the best practices of airlines' green operations strategies throughout the world by surveying airlines from different regions. To realize this goal, a sample of 23 airlines from different regions (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East) was surveyed. The sample suited the availability of the secondary published data. For the study, the annual sustainability reports of surveyed airlines from the period of 2013 to 2016 were reviewed. The reports were retrieved from the Global Reporting Initiative website and from airline websites. To gain insight into the best practices, two analytical approaches were adopted: cross-sampling and cluster analysis. The study revealed that the best practices are related to several green indicators, and the actions in best practice were closer to process-oriented than to technology-oriented actions. This is one of a very few studies to report the best practices in green operations strategy over time by airlines at the global level. Elzzqaibeh, 2018), but very few writers have reported the best green strategic patterns (e.g., Migdadi, 2016;Migdadi & Elzzqaibeh, 2018), and most of the previous studies have investigated the manufacturing sector, with less concern for the service sector.Migdadi (2016) in his study, reporting the practices of six leading mobile phone producers, develops the best green strategic patterns clearly and in depth, but his indicative models are treated with very basic statistical methods. Furthermore, Migdadi's study, being very limited in sample size, does not report the strategic patterns adopted over regions or compare one region with another.The study of Migdadi and Elzzqaibeh (2018) reports the strategic patterns of green manufacturing by ISO 14001 certificate holders in a single country, and evaluates in depth the green strategies adopted. Indeed, all of the previous studies have focused on one country or a small number of countries when they report manufacturing green strategies. This means that the service sector still needs more Environ Qual Manage. 2019;28:21-32. c 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 21 wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/tqem AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY Y. K. A. Migdadi is an associate professor of operations management at the business department, Yarmouk University, Jordan. He was awarded a PhD in operations strategy from Bradford University, UK, and also awarded a BA and an MBA from Yarmouk University, Jordan. He worked as a teaching assistant and a researcher of operations and information management at Bradford University, School of Management, UK. His main research interest is reporting operations strategy: best practices, taxonomies, process, and typologies.How to cite this article: Migdadi YKA. Identifying the best practices of airlines' green operations strategy: A crossregional worldwide survey. Environ Qual Manage. 2018;28:21-32. https://doi.

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2018

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“…Despite the various combinations of effective indicators adopted by each taxon, GHG1 and GHG2 emissions are the most widely shared indicators. The highly effective pattern indicates concern about GHG1 emissions and fuel saving; this could be affected by the target set for airlines by 2050, to halve their 2005 total CO 2 emissions (Brooks et al, 2016). The low-to-moderate performance pattern was more often adopted by airlines than other effective patterns.…”

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Identifying the effective taxonomies of airline green operations strategy

Migdadi

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effective taxonomies of airline green operations strategy. Design/methodology/approach To this end, a sample of 23 airlines from five regions (North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East) was surveyed. The annual sustainability reports of the surveyed airlines for the period 2013‒2016 were retrieved from the Global Reporting Initiatives website. K-means clustering analysis was used to generate taxonomic clusters of airline green operations strategy. A special data analysis technique, called rank analysis, was also adopted to identify the significant green actions and develop indicative models. Findings This study revealed that three effective taxonomies were adopted by airlines: a low-effect strategic pattern, a low-to-moderate effect strategic pattern and a high-effect strategic pattern. A different combination of green operation actions characterized each strategic pattern. Originality/value The research contribution of taxonomies of green operations strategy has so far been limited, country focused and concentrated on the manufacturing sector. This study reported the taxonomies and performed an in-depth analysis of the categories of effective actions taken to promote green performance. Moreover, this study developed indicative models for the relationship between categories of action and green performance for each strategic pattern, an action that has seldom been reported by previous studies of green operations strategies for airlines.

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“…In this sense, jet fuels must have high flash points (to reduce fire hazard on board), low freeze points (to ensure good cold flow properties at high altitudes), high energy density (to minimize fuel storage room), and good sealing properties (to avoid fuel leakage on board), among others. For instance, linear alkanes are important to increase the energy density of the jet fuel while also improving its combustion performance, since they typically burn very cleanly [12]. Although iso-alkanes have high energy density, these hydrocarbons are mostly added to the jet fuel to improve its cold flow properties, since they have freezing points well below those of their linear counterparts.…”

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Catalytic Production of Jet Fuels from Biomass

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Serrano‐Ruiz

2020

Molecules

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Concerns about depleting fossil fuels and global warming effects are pushing our society to search for new renewable sources of energy with the potential to substitute coal, natural gas, and petroleum. In this sense, biomass, the only renewable source of carbon available on Earth, is the perfect replacement for petroleum in producing renewable fuels. The aviation sector is responsible for a significant fraction of greenhouse gas emissions, and two billion barrels of petroleum are being consumed annually to produce the jet fuels required to transport people and goods around the world. Governments are pushing directives to replace fossil fuel-derived jet fuels with those derived from biomass. The present mini review is aimed to summarize the main technologies available today for converting biomass into liquid hydrocarbon fuels with a molecular weight and structure suitable for being used as aviation fuels. Particular emphasis will be placed on those routes involving heterogeneous catalysts.

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Low-Carbon Aviation Fuel Through the Alcohol to Jet Pathway

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Identifying the best practices of airlines’ green operations strategy: A cross‐regional worldwide survey

Identifying the best practices of airlines’ green operations strategy: A cross‐regional worldwide survey

Identifying the effective taxonomies of airline green operations strategy

Catalytic Production of Jet Fuels from Biomass

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