Full Title: The Feasibility and Current Estimated Capital Costs of Producing Jet Fuel at Sea Using Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen
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Publisher(s): Naval Research Laboratory
Publication Date: September 1, 2010
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Producing jet fuel that meets MIL-DTL-5624 JP5 specification at sea utilizing carbon and hydrogen sources available in seawater is envisioned. In-theater, fuel synthesis is a “game changing” proposition that would offer the Navy significant logistical and operational advantages by reducing dependence on increasingly expensive fossil fuels and by reducing fuel logistic tails and their vulnerabilities.
Technologies currently exist to synthesize hydrocarbon fuel on land, given sufficient primary energy resources such as coal and natural gas [1,2]. Most of these technologies are not CO2 neutral, and they are not practical for a sea-based operation.