SAF & Renewable Diesel

As the transportation fuel and chemical markets require urgent shifts to meet future demands while lowering average carbon intensity of fuels and products, the use of renewable & alternative feedstocks will play an increasing role in the game tomorrow.

Axens is actively contributing to meet this future demand for Renewables & Alternatives products by providing technologies for producing high-quality middle distillates (jet fuel and diesel) and gasoline.

The chemicals, road transport and aviation sectors are facing multiple challenges: reducing their dependence on petroleum resources with cost-competitive solutions and addressing today's environmental concerns - sustainability and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Renewable lipids based fuels are an important tool to address issues raised by policies put in place in order to reduce the dependence of the transportation sector on fossil fuels and to promote the development of sustainable and low-carbon fuels.

The chemicals, road transport and aviation sectors are facing multiple challenges: reducing their dependence on petroleum resources and addressing today’s environmental concerns - sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

Axens addresses these challenges through the offer of several technologies able to produce renewable fuels and bio-based chemicals from a wide variety of biomass feedstocks: oils & fats (renewable lipids) as well as lignocellulosic biomass (agricultural and forestry residues, energy crops, woody wastes etc.).

BioTfueL® technology suite combines in a complete and fully integrated Biomass To Liquids (BTL) chain proven technologies from key industrial partners; including Axens Gasel® technology for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and upgrading.

Axens addresses these challenges through the offer of several technologies able to produce renewable fuels and bio-based chemicals from a wide variety of biomass feedstocks: oils & fats (renewable lipids); lignocellulosic biomass (agricultural and forestry residues, energy crops, woody wastes) and also 1G and 2G ethanol and bio-olefins.

Alcohol-to-Jet technology suite is a pathway for producing Sustainable Aviation Fuels by converting ethanol or iso-butanol.

The decarbonization of industries that emit large amounts of CO₂, such as cement, steel, incinerators, pulp and paper, biomass boilers, refineries, and chemistry, can be addressed by capturing and converting the CO₂ into renewable or low-carbon fuels.
This process relies heavily on low-carbon electricity (used to produce hydrogen), which is then mixed with CO₂.
As a result, the final life cycle analysis of these fuels shows a lower carbon footprint. This approach offers a solution for decarbonizing the transportation sector, including maritime, aviation, and both light and heavy-duty vehicles.

Axens offers a comprehensive range of technologies, including Carbon Capture (DMX™, Advamine™), Reverse Water Gas Shift, CO₂ conditioning, H₂ purification, Fischer Tropsch, and Upgrading (Gasel®), to convert CO₂ into renewable/low-carbon fuels at low operating cost.
Furthermore, the more stringent specifications are met with a diverse range of products allowing the purification of CO₂, Syngas and H₂. The RWGS and Fischer Tropsch catalysts are protected against poisoning and deactivation.
The bankability of your project is guaranteed through a single point of contact, strong research and development support, and integrated guarantees.

Integrated and innovative technologies and products (catalyst & adsorbents) to enhance the profitability of your low-carbon projects
With a single point of contact, Axens takes full responsibility for the project, improving its bankability.
From conceptualization and feasibility studies to basic engineering, start-up, and operation, Axens is the ideal partner to support your decarbonization projects.

Vegan®

Vegan® technology is a flexible solution for producing SAF and renewable diesel through the hydrotreatment of a wide range of lipid feedstocks from vegetable oil to waste based oils.

Standalone, integrated or revamped units: Vegan® technology fits perfectly both in standalone and integrated refinery environment. Axens’ experience and customized approach help to evaluate the potential of the project.

Vegan® can be easily tuned to match the required boiling range and cold flow properties of the desired product. Producers can thus balance production from 0 to 100% between diesel or jet fuel to meet market demand.

Strong experience in Renewable Oils and Fats processing

Full Flexibility both in Renewable Oils & Fats feedstock, Product and Implementation

Efficient Solution for High-Quality Products and easily valorised by-products

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Modular Unit

Vegan® and Co-Processing as a Combined Offer

Backed by a long history of strong R&D programs with lipidic feeds, hydroprocessing and hydrocracking technologies, Axens offers a complete range of solutions with a possible phased investment approach, from few % of co-processing up to 100% lipids upgrading.

Assets Flexibility

Feedstocks Flexibility

Product Flexibility

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Unit Revamp Modular Unit

700 Series

Catalysts Dedicated to the Hydrotreatment of Pyrolysis Oils and Renewable Fuels

The 700 series is a comprehensive portfolio of products designed to ensure reliable processing of renewable feedstocks with the highest yields of SAF and HVO during long cycles, either in co-processing or in a dedicated unit.

Characteristics Proprietary

Shape Multilobe Extrudate

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Adsorbents

Sulfur Removal Adsorbents for Biogas

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and light mercaptans are common contaminants that must be removed from various gases such as biogas and landfill-derived methane in particular. Such sulfur species are extremely corrosive and must be removed to meet fuel gas specifications, pipeline specifications and air quality regulations.

Furnaces

Heurtey Petrochem Solutions offer furnaces for various services with high fuel efficiency, lowest emissions and maximum modularization. Additionaly, Heurtey Petrochem Solutions offer emission reduction technology / system design for various pollutants which are integrated with furnaces and waste heat recovery units.

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Consulting

Axens offers a customized approach, including tailored studies, audits and consulting services, covering technical and operational challenges.

Unit Revamps & Retrofits

You face many challenges, which include operating in a safe, reliable and environmentally sound manner while responding to changing markets dynamics.

Modular Units

A modularization strategy offers superior benefits versus on-site manufacturing. During the last 40 years, Axens has supplied over 500 modular units, both onshore and offshore, providing tailor-made designs according to client project specifications.

Customer Training

Designed for all Axens technologies, dedicated to operators & engineers, Axens offers customized training solutions to all our licensees, covering the whole range of Axens technologies.

Technical Support & Performance Management

Axens is fully committed to be your partner and provide assistance and support during your project lifecycle, from conception to start-up & running operations.

Environmental Systems & Services

Energy efficiency awareness can lead to tremendous economic and environmental benefits. Expert studies show that there is still vast untapped energy efficiency potential of up to 25% of heavy industry in Europe alone.

Digital Applications

Innovative approach leveraging digital solutions leading to improved asset operation and performance.

Catalyst Protection Systems

Impurities, fines, gums, scales and inorganic matter can be carried over with the feed. While catalyst performance is steadily increasing due to constant innovation, they are often more sensitive to poisoning.

Reactor Internals

In today’s complex environment, refineries and petrochemical plants around the world need advanced solutions to reach operational excellence. In units featuring fixed-bed reactors, the use of high-efficiency reactor internals are essential to help achieve this goal.

BioTfueL®

BioTfueL® technology suite is a flexible solution for producing advanced biofuels (renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel) as well as valuable coproducts (renewable naphtha, biolubes basis, biogas, bioLPG, green power & heat etc.) through a thermochemical pathway. This technology is the result of more than 10 years of R&D including the operation of two demonstration plants, which allowed to develop and validate a complete and fully integrated 4-step Biomass To Liquids (BTL) chain: pretreatment, gasification, syngas conditioning, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and upgrading.

Highest Flexibility large panel of biomasses, possibility of co-processing with fossil and alternative feedstocks, adjustable products slate to meet market demand

Drop-in, premium quality advanced biofuels (no sulfur, no aromatics, no oxygenates, no olefins)

Achieves large Well-to-Wheel (WTW) GHG emissions savings > 90% compared to fossil fuel baseline

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Gasel®

Axens’ Gasel® Technology aims at producing ultra-clean liquid products, notably SAF, diesel and petrochemicals feedstock (naphtha, waxes), through the conversion of synthesis gas.

The synthesis gas (also called syngas) shall be obtained from several sources such as for instance biomass, wastes, etc.

This Fischer-Tropsch (FT) route is commonly accepted as one of the most promising mid-term solutions for the production of alternative fuels and petrochemicals, including Biomass-To-Liquids (BTL), Wastes-To-Liquids (WTL) and Power-To-Liquids (PTL) pathways.

Lower emissions of particles, sulfur oxides and other pollutants

Fully compatible with current engines and infrastructure, and thus certified as drop-in fuels

Large range of possible capacities ability to process syngas from many different origins / feedstocks, adjustable product slate to renewable/biofuels and chemical markets

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Adsorbents

Arsine Removal Adsorbents

The poisonous effects of arsine and other metal hydrides on hydrogenation and polymerization catalysts is well documented. By far the most common, arsine can seriously deactivate the high-activity Ziegler Natta, metallocene and noble metal catalysts used for processing cracked light ends.

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Chloride Removal Adsorbents

Chloride is important in both catalytic reforming and isomerization as it helps to maintain catalytic activity over time. However, as chloride is continuously fed into these units, it also has to exit.

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Drying Series Adsorbents

Water removal applications are widely encountered in the industry sector. Activated alumina and molecular sieves stand at the forefront of the several different materials available on the market.

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Mercury Removal Adsorbents

Mercury removal from hydrocarbons is crucial due to HSE-related issues, corrosion problems and downstream catalyst poisoning.

Adsorbents

Sulfur Removal Adsorbents for Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals

Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), COS, mercaptans or sulfides are common contaminants that must be removed from various gases and liquids such as natural gas, NGLs, LPGs, cracked gases, olefins or biogas.