Lummus Technology has introduced the business availability of its ethanol to sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) course of expertise. The expertise supplies operators with a large-scale, commercially demonstrated resolution to scale back the aviation trade’s greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions.

“Lummus’ extensive commercial experience in all steps, including conversion of ethanol feedstock and production of the SAF process, gives us a unique advantage to help our customers produce sustainable fuels,” mentioned Leon de Bruyn, President and CEO of Lummus Technology. “Our process leverages proven, commercial-scale technologies that we integrate to meet the aviation industry’s growing demand for SAF and support its decarbonisation efforts.”

Lummus’ ethanol to SAF expertise gives a protected and dependable resolution by integrating ethanol to ethylene (EtE), olefin oligomerisation and hydrogenation applied sciences in a course of configuration that maximises the ultimate yield to SAF whereas minimising CAPEX, OPEX and carbon emissions.

Central to this course of is Lummus and Braskem’s expertise partnership for producing inexperienced ethylene, which accelerates using bioethanol and helps the trade’s efforts in the direction of a carbon impartial economic system. Since 2010, Braskem has been working an ethanol dehydration unit in Brazil. Using EtE EverGreen™ expertise, the unit supplies a confirmed and dependable basis for producing 260 000 tpy of ethylene from ethanol. Lummus has built-in this world-scale dehydration course of with its gentle olefins oligomerisation and superior hydroprocessing applied sciences via Chevron Lummus Global, a three way partnership (JV) with Chevron.