UD researchers on National Renewable Energy Laboratory team fast-tracking food waste into sustainable aviation fuel
University of Dayton researchers have helped a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) team take another step toward turning wet food waste into a sustainable aviation fuel.
Large aviation companies like Southwest Airlines are taking notice of the group s work in the DOE’s wet waste flight demonstration project to find a biorefining process to produce sustainable aviation fuels compatible with existing jet engines and capable of supporting net-zero flight. Net-zero is the point where the reduction of carbon emissions balances what s emitted by jet engines