With this process, Logos estimates that the cellulose waste streams from agriculture, industries and cities can supply a significant amount of US transportation fuel needs with a fossil-fuel substitute that does not adversely affect food prices and offers superior performance and engine compatibility when compared to current biofuels, the company said.
This phase of the BioJET program requires the delivery of larger quantities of jet fuel with a projected cost of production of JP-8 at commercial scale implementation (50mgal/yr) at less than $3 per gallon.
Logos CEO Greg Poe said that while fully compatible jet fuel produced from cellulose offers many advantages over other sources, its production demands more complicated processing than do current biofuel-production approaches.
