Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) demand is expected to accelerate in the coming years, as government targets and mandates will drive its further adoption.

Honeywell’s UOP Ecofining^TM technology, commercialized in 2013, has enabled significant capacity of renewable diesel and SAF product, however, achieving targeted SAF production from only Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) feedstocks is challenging due to the continued availability of these feeds. Other production pathways enabling the use of alternate renewable feedstocks are needed to satisfy the growing SAF demand.

This presentation will cover the latest additions to Honeywell’s UOP SAF portfolio, i.e., UOP Ethanol-to-Jet (ETJ) Process™ and UOP eFining^TM technologies, commercialized in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Ethanol, an abundant and low-cost bio-feedstock, and methanol, produced from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen, can be converted to Honeywell Green JetTM fuel through the ETJ and eFining processes with significantly lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a total lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based jet fuel. Our innovative ETJ and eFining processes leverage more than a decade of experience and UOP’s proven innovation in the space, offering high jet yield output, low CAPEX & OPEX, reduced GHG emissions and the ability to commercialize at scale. Additionally, these low-technology-risk processes are flexible for converting renewable and waste-derived alcohols into Honeywell Green DieselTM fuel.

Keywords: Renewable Fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Catalysts Development, Process Development