Descrizione del progetto
Ricerca sul carburante alternativo per l’aviazione
Per raggiungere gli obiettivi dell’accordo di Parigi del 2015, l’industria aeronautica dovrebbe adottare soluzioni per ridurre le emissioni. I combustibili sostenibili di origine organica, la cui impronta di carbonio nel ciclo di vita è inferiore a quella del cherosene di origine fossile, sono ampiamente considerati come l’unica soluzione a breve-medio termine per l’industria aeronautica. Sebbene l’ultimo decennio abbia visto molte ricerche e sperimentazioni sui prodotti biologici, con ottimi risultati, i nuovi prodotti sono sottoposti a rigorose procedure di certificazione mentre la loro produzione è costosa, con risultati che non possono competere economicamente con il cherosene fossile agli attuali prezzi del petrolio. Il progetto ALTERNATE, finanziato dall’UE, è una proposta congiunta di Cina e UE che mira ad identificare le possibilità di un uso estensivo e sostenibile del carburante nell’aviazione considerando nuove aree tecniche e procedure di produzione.
Obiettivo
It is widely accepted that the use of sustainable fuels, with a Life-cycle carbon footprint substantially smaller than the present fossil-origin kerosene, is the most promising and probably the only short-medium time measure allowing the aviation industry to reduce its emissions, helping to reach 2015 Paris Agreement targets.
During the last 10 years, many tests have been done with different drop-in organic products with high level of success. Present commercial aircraft engines are certified for using a mix of up to 50% of some of these new products. More additional research is still going on the convenience of developing new feedstocks and on their potential climate change impact.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is now discussing the best way to standardise the Life-cycle Analysis (LCA) of the most readily available products and what is the best certification procedures. This process is needed in order to apply CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), approved in October 2016, intending to stabilize international aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at 2020 levels.
However, none of those new organic-origin fuels has proved the means to be produced in an economically competitive way versus fossil kerosene. It is generally accepted that some type of incentive mechanism needs to be implemented to make sustainable fuel attractive for the airlines in addition to the CORSIA and European Trading System provisions.
As the result of this Chinese and European cooperation proposal, some possibilities appear for a wider aviation sustainable fuel utilisation, considering both technical and economic areas, including the possible use of more feedstocks and production pathways than the existing ones. New fuel candidates will be evaluated in this project according to improved modelling methods, considering LCA optimization, climate change effects and technical and economic consequences of their use.
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