Axens will provide Vegan Technology to Haike Chemicals for its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project in China
Renewable Fuels & Bio-Based Chemicals
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Axens Vegan® technology
DiscoverVegan® technology is a second-generation hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) solution which processes up to 100% of any kind of lipid, including wastes from agriculture and food industry to produce renewable fuels that are able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% compared with a conventional jet fuel production scheme.
This new contract with Haike Chemicals is Axens’ first reference for its Vegan® technology in Asia and represents a major opportunity to scale up production of SAF in line with recognized international standards (ASTM D7566) and able to meet growing demand from the European and North American markets. According to ATAG, the aviation sector will need around 450-500 million tons of SAF per year by 2050 to meet future demand and deliver its decarbonization targets. The challenge is to ramp up production rapidly to deliver economies of scale and make SAF production competitive.
Haike Chemicals aims to have their first SAF-only unit on stream with high yield on-spec production within 12 months before rolling out the process to other units to become a competitive world-leading supplier of high-quality SAF.
Flexibility is the key advantage of Axens’ Vegan® technology in terms of feedstock, product and implementation. Based on a two-step process, it can process a wide range of feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats, tall oil and used cooking oil to produce SAF or renewable diesel according to market demand. Vegan® technology can be applied in both standalone and integrated refinery environments. In this way, the retrofit of existing hydrotreatment assets into Vegan® units represents a fast-track approach to advance a biorefinery project.
Moreover, Vegan® enables refiners to lower their CAPEX thanks to the bi-functional catalyst applied during hydro isomerization. Lower energy consumption and CO2 emissions also means lower operating expenses.
SAF will play a key role for the aviation industry as we transition to a low carbon world, but it requires immediate action to scale up production in cost competitive quantities and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Our new contract with Haike Chemicals allows us to take our Vegan® technology to the next level, paving the way for industrial development of the latest generation of SAF, not only in China but also in the rest of the world.
About Shandong Haike Chemical Co. Ltd
Founded in 1988, the Shandong Haike Chemical Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of the Haike Group, is a large-scale refining and petrochemical company operating in the Shandong province, supplying fuels and petrochemical products to the market. Customers include PetroChina, Sinopec.
About Axens
Axens group provides a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates, the chemical recycling of plastics, all natural gas treatment and conversion options along with water treatment and carbon capture. The offer includes technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units, catalysts, adsorbents and related services. Axens is ideally positioned to cover the entire value chain, from feasibility study to unit start-up and follow-up throughout the entire unit life cycle. This unique position ensures the highest level of performance with a reduced environmental footprint. Axens global offer is based on highly trained human resources, modern production facilities and an extended global network for industrial, technical supports & commercial services. Axens is an IFP Group company.
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