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SUSTAINABLE FUELS
Honeywell to offer technology to produce SAF

from biomass

Honeywell has announced that its
hydrocracking technology, Honeywell
FT Unicracking, can be used to produce
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from
biomass, helping to make SAF that is
90% less carbon-intensive than tradi-
tional fossil-based jet fuels1. The new
technology produces 3-5% more SAF,
enables a cost reduction of up to 20%,
and reduces by-product waste streams
as compared to other commonly used
hydroprocessing technologies.

The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) techno-
logy takes liquids and waxes from pro-
cessed biomass – including leftovers
from crops, wood waste or food scraps – fuel for more than 30,000 transatlantic which has been used to produce the fuel
to produce SAF. flights every year, contributing signifi- commercially since 2016. In addition,
cantly to reducing the carbon emissions Honeywell’s renewable fuels port-
“As demand for SAF continues of global air travel,” said Mr. Michael folio includes Ethanol to Jet technology
to grow, the aviation industry is chal- Darcy, CEO, DG Fuels. “This is a big and eFining, which converts green
lenged by limited supplies of traditio- leap forward in supporting the airline hydrogen and carbon dioxide into
nal SAF feedstocks such as vegetable industry’s goal of reaching net zero e-fuels. More than 50 sites globally have
oils, animal fats and waste oils,” said carbon emissions from international licensed Honeywell’s SAF techno-
Mr. Ken West, President and CEO of aviation by 2050.” logies, with refineries projected to ex-
Honeywell Energy and Sustainability ceed a combined capacity of more than
Solutions. “When combined with the Honeywell helped pioneer SAF 500,000 barrels of SAF per day when
existing FT process, our new techno- production with its Ecofining process, fully operational.
logy will expand the feedstock options
available in the industry to sources that
are more plentiful, ultimately helping Saudi Aramco signs agreement
improve our customers’ ability to pro-
duce SAF.” with China’s Rongsheng

Recently, DG Fuels selected Honey Saudi Aramco has signed a frame- the expansion projects of the Ningbo
well’s FT Unicracking technology for work cooperation agreement with Zhongjin Petrochemical unit, while
its biofuels manufacturing facility in China’s Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Rongsheng will participate in the
Louisiana – the largest in the world for Ltd., to acquire 50% of Rongsheng’s expansion projects of SASREF Refinery.
making SAF from the FT process – that Ningbo Zhongjin Petrochemical unit,
will produce 13,000 barrels of SAF and Rongsheng Petrochemical to The agreement is expected to con-
each day when it begins operations in acquire 50% of Saudi Aramco Jubail tribute to supporting cooperation bet-
2028. Refinery Co. (SASREF). ween Saudi Aramco and Rongsheng,
in the downstream and upstream sec-
“Using Honeywell’s advanced tech- According to a statement by Rong- tors, as well as achieving the strategic
nology, DG Fuels will supply enough sheng, Saudi Aramco will participate in goals of both parties.

158 Chemical Weekly May 7, 2024

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