September 2012
Technology for the production of fully synthetic aviation
fuels, diesel and gasoline
Professor Angelica Hull
Swedish Biofuels AB
Swedish Biofuels technology
• New pathway based on well establish industrial processes through an
alcohol intermediate: C2-C5 as single alcohol or multicomponent mixture
• High quality products
• Technology proven at pilot scale
• Wide range of non food feedstock
• Fuel types
• Gasoline
• Diesel
• Fully synthetic aviation fuel, 100 % replacement - under ASTM
certification
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position
Sustainable resources
Fossil
resources
Pathways to drop in fuels
Petroleum
Treating
Hydrocracking
Fractionation
Natural gas
Synthesis gas
purification
FT synthesis
Conversion &
upgrading
Coal
Gasification
Biomass
Alcohol
fermentation
Chemical
synthesis
Fractionation
Off gases
Alcohol
production
Biomass
Gasification
Plant oils &
animal fats
Treating
Hydrocracking
Fractionation
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Sustainable resources
Fossil
resources
Pathways to drop in fuels – Under R&D
Petroleum
Coal
Natural gas
FT
Fully synthetic
Lignocellulose
Pyrolysis
Hydrocarbons
Lignocellulose
Sugars
Plant oils &
animal fats
HRJ
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Fully synthetic
CO2 to jet
Swedish Biofuels
Technology
description
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Swedish Biofuels patented technology – Biomass to jet
fuel via alcohols
BTA – Biomass to alcohol
ATJ – Alcohol to jet
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Alcohol production by hydrolysis
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Alcohol production by thermolysis
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Swedish Biofuels – alcohol downstream synthesis
Feedstock: C2-C5 alcohols as single alcohol eg ethanol or multicomponent mixture
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Swedish Biofuels Pilot Plant @ Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm
• In operation: 15 months at full
capacity
• Operating hours: 6600 h/y
• Biological fuel capacity: 10 t/y
(3300 USG/y)
• Jet 4.8 t/y
• Gasoline 3.5 t/y
• Diesel 1.7 t/y
• Feedstock: C2-C5 alcohols as
single alcohol or
multicomponent mixture
• Quality: commercial fuel
specification
• Reproducibility: confirmed
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List of fuel samples for following test result slides
Tests performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base research laboratories (AFRL).
Production of the fuel samples was been funded by DARPA under contract
W911NF-08-C-0001. Data has been approved for public release by DARPA.
Test data in this presentation forms part of the data submitted to ASTM Committee
by Swedish Biofuels AB.
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Results of specification testing
Data on Swedish Biofuels fuel produced by Wright-Patterson USAF. Public release approved by DARPA
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Results of specification testing - continued
Data on Swedish Biofuels fuel produced by Wright-Patterson USAF. Public release approved by DARPA
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Results of specification testing - continued
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Results of specification testing - continued
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Aromatic species analysis by D6379 for biofuels and
JP-8 fuel
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Hydrocarbon type analysis by D2425 for biofuels and
JP-8 fuel
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Chromatograms of biofuels and JP-8 fuel
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Scanning Brookfield viscosity curves of biofuel and JP-8
fuel
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Data from QCM thermal stability analysis
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Metals analysis by ICP-MS
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Metals analysis by ICP-MS- continued
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Summary of volume swell of selected O-rings
aged in biofuels and average values for JP-8
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Biobased determination test
Mean Biobased Result: 100 %
Proportions Biobased vs. Fossil Based
Indicated by 14C content
Fossil Content
0%
Biobased Content
100%
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