2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Advances in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production

This session will focus on the latest progress in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technologies and production strategies, including, but not limited to, hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA), Fischer-Tropsch (FT), alcohol-to-jet (ATJ), and emerging biotechnologies. The areas covered will include feedstock development, catalytic process optimization, reactor design and scale-up, techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and policy frameworks. The production of SAF presents a promising alternative to conventional jet fuels, enabling significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and fostering the transition towards a more sustainable aviation industry.

Chair

Jianli Hu, West Virginia University

Co-Chairs

Yuxin Wang, West Virginia University

Presentations

12:30 PM

Gabriel Contreras-Zarazúa, Victor Alejandro Suarez-Toriello, José Antonio de los Reyes Heredia, Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernandez, Eduardo Sánchez-Ramírez

12:45 PM

Marina Teixeira Chagas, Juan Diego Medrano Garcia, Lucas Francisco dos Santos, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez

01:00 PM

01:15 PM

Benjamin Dorsett, Dat Huynh, Marianthi Ierapetritou, Dionisios Vlachos, Sunitha Sadula

01:30 PM

01:45 PM

02:00 PM

02:15 PM

Peter Schmitz, Hsiang Yee Hoekstra, Michael Hartmann, Eloy Flores III

02:30 PM