SAF & Renewable Diesel

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.

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.

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.

Jetanol® suite

This technology can process low-carbon ethanol (bioethanol, advanced bioethanol) into Sustainable Aviation Fuel, renewable diesel and naphtha. Jetanol^® proposes an integrated solution in three steps: Dehydration, Oligomerization, Hydrogenation.

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.

DMX™

The DMX™ process, a patented process stemming from IFPEN’s Research and marketed by Axens, is a second-generation process using a solvent that reduces the energy intensity for carbon capture by nearly 30% as compared to the MEA (Mono ethanol amine) reference process.

The DMX™ process is a CO₂ post-combustion capture process based on absorption by a demixing solvent, the DMX™ solvent.

The DMX™ process has been developed for CO₂ capture on coal power stations flue gases and steel gas. It can also be used for capturing CO₂ from other type of emitters such as waste incinerator, cement plant, district heating as well as production of electricity from biomass. This process is well adapted for CO₂ capture on industrial smoke or industrial gas when the CO₂ partial pressures are low to medium.

The DMX™ solvent is a specifically designed solvent that is demixing under specific temperature and CO₂ partial pressure’s conditions. When in contact with CO2, the formation of two phases can be observed, which effectively capture the CO₂.

The demixing principle

Currently, one of the main challenge of the industry is to significantly increase the energy performances of CO₂ capture solutions. They represent the costliest part of the CCS process. The DMX™ solvent tackles this issue. It has a high cyclic capacity (4 times higher as compared with the MEA reference) and only the CO₂ rich phase needs to be regenerated. As it is very stable, it may be regenerated at higher temperature than amine solvents such as MEA, which allows producing the CO₂ in pressure.

DMX™ solvent is also less corrosive and carbon steel may be used as principal material thus reducing also the CAPEX compared to other first-generation solvents.

CO2 Gas Drying

The dehydration of CO2 streams presents specificities such as corrosiveness, acid gases co-absorption and TEG recovery. Consequently, for decades, it has been seen as a challenge for the operators. This stands true in various industries and particularly in the oil&gas sector, whether on highly sour natural gases or on pure CO2 streams for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) purpose.

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.