US engineering conglomerate Honeywell has supplied Chinese company Sichuan Jinshang Environmental Protection Technology (JSRE) with technology for its new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Suining, Sichuan Province, China.
Once completed, the facility was expected to be one of the largest SAF plants in China, Honeywell said on 8 May.
Honeywell UOP said JSRE would use its Ecofining technology, catalysts, and equipment to produce SAF using feedstocks such as used cooking oils (UCO) and animal fats.
Once operational, the plant would produce nearly 300,000 tonnes/year – around 6,000 barrels/day (bpd) of SAF, Honeywell said.
“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,” JSRE chairman Ye Bin said.
Developed in conjunction with Eni SpA, Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process can convert waste plant-based oils, animal fats and other waste feedstocks to renewable diesel and SAF.
When used in a 50% blend with petroleum-based jet fuel, SAF produced using the Ecofining process required no changes to aircraft technology, the company said.