Today, Honeywell has unveiled a suite of technologies and digital solutions tailored to empower customers in the Asia Pacific region to generate renewable fuels from diverse renewable feedstocks.
Refineries find themselves amidst shifting market dynamics driven by the urgent need for sustainability, aiming to curtail greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It has become crucial for companies to swiftly adopt technologies that are readily available, enabling them to manufacture low-carbon, sustainable fuels. These technologies are pivotal in maximizing existing resources, minimizing waste, and achieving their sustainability objectives.
In response to this challenge and the escalating demand for renewable fuels, Honeywell UOP provides solutions designed to facilitate the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, and various other renewable fuels.
These solutions are adaptable to a wide spectrum of potential renewable feedstock sources. Honeywell’s renewable fuels portfolio encompasses:
• Honeywell Ecofining™, Honeywell Ecofining™ is a proven technology that has been used around the world for years. It produces SAF, which helps reduce GHG emissions by up to 80% when compared to emissions from fossil fuels.[i]
• Ethanol to Jet fuel (ETJ) Depending on the type of ethanol feedstock used, jet fuel produced from Honeywell’s ETJ process can reduce GHG emissions by 80 percent on a total lifecycle basis compared to petroleum-based jet fuel.[ii]
• Honeywell UOP eFining™ converts eMethanol to eSAF reliably and at scale. Honeywell UOP eFining can reduce GHG emissions by 88% compared to conventional jet fuel.[iii]
• Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP™) converts biomass feedstocks into renewable fuels for heating, power, and transportation.
Matt Spalding, Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell UOP Asia Pacific, emphasized the significance of creating technologies that enable the production of low-carbon fuels from various renewable feedstock options for long-term decarbonization in the Asia Pacific region.
He highlighted the transformative potential of utilizing diverse feedstocks in the market. Honeywell, with its UOP eFining™, Ecofining, ETJ, and RTP technologies, provides multiple pathways to meet the rising demand for renewable fuels.
In addition to supporting new projects, Honeywell possesses the expertise to retrofit existing refineries for renewable fuel production. This approach offers cost-effective opportunities with reduced capital investment for the production of renewable fuels.
To achieve these objectives, Honeywell offers comprehensive digital solutions, integrating cyber-secure hardware and software technologies that are designed for immediate deployment, scalability, and seamless integration with existing systems.
Tathagata Basu, General Manager of Refining & Petrochemical Vertical Market at Honeywell Process Solutions, highlighted the company’s position as a digital technology leader in the sector. He emphasized Honeywell’s focus on pioneering the next generation of digital refineries, leveraging their extensive experience in process control and automation, coupled with strategic partnerships with leading process technology licensors.
Honeywell’s integrated portfolio of digital solutions enables customers to build and maintain operations that are safe, efficient, reliable, and agile, aligning with their business and sustainability objectives.
Honeywell offers cyber-secure Experion® Solution Suites and Forge Performance+ digital solutions, incorporating process knowledge into automation. These solutions utilize ubiquitous sensors, virtual technologies, and digital twins, while also integrating artificial intelligence, making operations future-ready.
Furthermore, Honeywell is dedicated to achieving carbon neutrality in its operations and facilities by 2035. In alignment with this commitment, approximately 60% of Honeywell’s 2022 research and development investment for new product introductions was directed toward outcomes focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals for their customers.
[i] GHG reductions are based on LCA analyses conducted at Michigan Technological University under the direction of Dr. David Shonnard.
[ii] Based on the EPA’s summary LCA of GHG emissions for sugarcane.
[iii] Reduced GHG emissions is based on UOP carbon intensity analysis, derived from a 3rd-party study of methanol production from green hydrogen and CO2 captured from biomass processing, in comparison to fossil fuels.
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