SAF Manufacturing Technology and Biomass/Waste Plastics Utilization

Abstract

There is a growing trend in aviation to replace conventional jet fuel with SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), and carbon neutrality in the sky is accelerating around the world. This review article describes our efforts to realize a carbon-recycling society and research and development of SAF in the world, and introduces our R-CFP (REVO-Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis) technology in particular. The R-CFP technology is expanding not only to waste cooking oil, but also to more abundant raw materials such as woody biomass and waste plastics. The R-CFP technology is also used to establish an advanced resource conversion process to produce low-carbon fuels such as SAF, as well as to stabilize the decomposition activity over a long term and reduce the cost of the process. High light oil (naphtha + SAF + gas oil) yield and high SAF selectivity can be obtained by using the R-CFP technology.

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