May 8, 2023 | By Mary Bailey

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) introduced that Sichuan Jinshang Environmental Protection Technology Co. (JSRE) will use Honeywell Ecofining expertise to provide practically 300,000 metric tons per 12 months (roughly 6,000 barrels per day) of sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) at its newly deliberate facility in Suining, Sichuan Province, China. This challenge will promote the accelerated adoption of SAF, and, as soon as accomplished, the power is predicted to be one of many largest SAF crops in China.

Honeywell UOP will present its Ecofining™ expertise, catalysts, and tools for JSRE to provide SAF utilizing feedstocks resembling used cooking oils and animal fat. JSRE will be capable of increase SAF manufacturing capability in China, and assist efforts to scale back carbon emissions and assist within the sustainable growth of China’s aviation trade by way of using Honeywell’s ready-now expertise.

“China’s decarbonization goal has set new requirements for promoting the energy transformation and biomass energy will play an important role in achieving the goals. While facing a broad range of development opportunities in the biomass energy industry, JSRE hopes to utilize its advantages and accumulation in the comprehensive utilization of waste oils to achieve strategic transformation and industrial upgrading,” stated Ye Bin, Chairman of Sichuan Jinshang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. “Honeywell can help us promote the further development of SAF made from waste oils in China and in the region of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou allowing us to achieve sustainable development in multiple fields.”

“Honeywell is committed to sustainable development, including directing nearly 60 percent of its total investment in new products towards solutions that improve environmental and social outcomes for customers,” stated Barry Glickman, vice-president and normal supervisor, Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions. “Honeywell UOP has been providing SAF and renewable fuel technologies for nearly 20 years, including producing SAF solutions across a range of feedstocks that will be required to meet the increasing global demand for SAF. Collaborating with JSRE via Howneywell UOP’s Ecofining^TM technology will help accelerate the development of China’s SAF industry and support the aviation industry’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions.”

Honeywell Ecofining produces sustainable aviation gasoline, which helps cut back greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions as much as 80% when in comparison with the emissions from fossil fuels. SAF produced by way of this course of can mix seamlessly with petroleum-based jet gasoline at a industrial scale. When utilized in as much as a 50% mix with petroleum-based jet gasoline, SAF produced with Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining course of requires no adjustments to plane expertise and meets all essential specs for flight. The Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ process, developed along side Eni SpA, can convert waste plant-based oils, animal fat and different waste feedstocks to renewable diesel and SAF.