Johnson Matthey and Honeywell UOP are collaborating on the development of alternative fuels from a wide range of feedstocks including municipal solid waste, residual biomass, biogas, as well as captured and renewable sources of carbon dioxide.
Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the companies have signed, Johnson Matthey will provide its syngas solutions, while Honeywell UOP will use its expertise in fuel upgrade technologies. The partners say that the collaboration is set to reduce operating costs and speed up the deployment of viable projects that produce fuels via the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) or methanol routes.
“We’ve shown customers the value of bringing together our technologies for their sustainable fuel projects. Consolidating our offerings into a one-stop solution helps reduce project costs and accelerate implementation,” said Alberto Giovanzana, Managing Director Catalyst Technologies at Johnson Matthey.
The partners explain that the FT route will combine the Johnson Matthey and BP co-developed FT CANS technology with Honeywell’s FT Unicracking technology, which will refine the final fuel to a ‘drop-in’ sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This process technology is set to be used by DG Fuels for a planned FT CANS sustainable aviation fuel facility which will be located in Louisiana, US. The plant will have a capacity of 600 000 tonnes per year.
The methanol route will bring together Honeywell UOP’s eFining technology and Johnson Matthey’s e-methanol technologies to provide an end-to-end solution for methanol to jet fuel production.
"As demand for SAF continues to grow, the aviation industry is challenged by limited supplies of traditional SAF feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats, and waste oils. Our work with JM will expand the feedstock options available in the industry to sources that are more plentiful, like waste bio-mass and municipal solid waste, ultimately helping improve our customers' ability to produce SAF,” said Kelly Seibert, Vice President & General Manager Honeywell UOP.
The companies added that this latest MoU builds on an existing collaboration on CCS-enabled low carbon hydrogen, which brings together Johnson Matthey’s LCH technology and Honeywell’s carbon capture technology.
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