Honeywell today made a bid announcement regarding hydrocracking technology that can be used in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass. The fuel will be 90% less carbon intensive compared to traditional fossil-based jet fuels. The new Honeywell technology claims to manufacture 3-5 % more sustainable aviation fuel and results in cost savings of up to 20%. It also lessens by-product waste streams by a considerable amount contrary to hydroprocessing technologies which are usually used.
What is Honeywell’s Fischer-Tropsch Unicracking Technology and how does it work?
This technology which is used to produce SAF adheres to the norms of the aviation industry to produce fuel that is less hazardous to the environment. It collects waxes, liquids from processed biomass, residue from food scraps, wood waste, and crops.
Honeywell Energy and Sustainability Solutions President and CEO Ken West said, ”The aviation industry is currently facing a shortage of raw material which is required for sustainable aviation fuel like animal fats, waste oils, and vegetable oils because of rising demand for the fuel.’’
Benefits of this technology for the Aviation Industry
This technology can also help in increasing SAF raw materials by combining the existing Fischer-Tropsch process which is more easily available and as a result it will help in increasing customers’ capacity to produce SAF, West elaborated.
Honeywell’s FT Unicracking technology was chosen by DG Fuels for its manufacturing facility in Louisiana. The largest manufacturing facility of SAF in the world. It is expected that with the help of this technology, it will be able to manufacture 13,000 barrels of sustainable aviation fuel daily once it commences operation in 2028.
Michael Darcy of DG fuels said,’’ With the help of Honeywell’s technology, DG fuels will be able to contribute sufficient fuel for more than 30,000 flights across the Atlantic Ocean yearly and thus helping in lessening the carbon emissions of worldwide air travel’’.
