WSU-Tri Cities leads lignin-based SAF research project

In Washington state, researchers are producing and testing a group of hydrocarbon molecules made from lignin, a waste material from biofuel production, as a new biojet fuel that could replace petroleum-based fuels and lead to greater performance and reduced emissions. The team including a Washington State University Tri-Cities researcher with colleagues from the University of Dayton, Phonon Energy, Inc., Polykala Technologies LLC, and Mercurious Biorefining, Inc. recently received  a $100,000 grant from the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI) to conduct first-round testing on viability of molecules known as mono-, di- and tricycloparaffins, which they can source from lignin.