Front Cover: The Alcohol‐to‐Jet Conversion Pathway for Drop‐In Biofuels: Techno‐Economic Evaluation (ChemSusChem 21/2018).

The Front Cover shows the conversion of alcohols to an alternative jet fuel blendstock based on catalytic steps historically utilized by the petroleum refining and petrochemical industry. This pathway provides a means for producing a sustainable alternative jet fuel (SAJF) from a wide variety of resources, offering a near term opportunity for alcohol producers to enter the SAJF market and for the aviation sector to meet growing SAJF demand. In their Full Paper, S. Geleynse et al. review the technical background and evaluate selected variations of ATJ processes. Simulation and modeling is employed to assess some ATJ conversion schemes, with a particular focus on comparisons between the use of an ethanol or isobutanol intermediate. Key bottlenecks of ATJ production in the near term are discussed and recommendations are provided. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. Geleynse et al. on page 3728 in Issue 21, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201801690). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]