Post by shakhar23 on Feb 27, 2024 12:24:56 GMT 5
Biofuel maker Joule says it has processed waste CO2 into gasoline and jet fuel components.
The company says this is an industry-first renewable fuel technology. Joule says the technology will allow it to expand its Sunflow product line, which uses solar energy to convert CO2 from industrial waste into fuel, and help meet global demand for replacement hydrocarbon fuels.
Additionally, these processes use waste CO2 as a feedstock, allowing industrial emitters to produce fuel rather than dump emissions or use costly capture and sequestration measures.
Today, renewable carbohydrate-based fuel substitutes require complex, multi-step processing of algae or other agricultural biomass feedstocks into fuel precursors and subsequent chemical upgrading. In contrast, Joule has developed photosynthetic Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List biocatalysts that convert waste CO2 into hydrocarbons through a proprietary continuous process.
The company says it is scaling up its ethanol production process (Sunflow-E) and is also developing long-chain hydrocarbons for diesel (Sunflow-D). With its latest breakthrough, Joule says it becomes the first company capable of directly producing medium-chain hydrocarbons, which are important components of gasoline (Sunflow-G) and jet fuel (Sunflow-J).
Joule hydrocarbon fuel is also sulfur-free. For the diesel and gasoline markets, this gives refiners the ability to meet sulfur requirements without increasing production costs or fuel prices.
In late March, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules to further reduce gasoline sulfur content by more than 60 percent starting in 2017. U.S. fuel and petrochemical producers estimate that this would require $10 billion in capital expenditures and an additional $2.4 billion in annual operating costs for refineries. .
Joule claims its Sunflow-G can save refineries money by reducing sulfur content, since it makes up a significant portion of the final product.
Joule is currently launching its first product, Sunflow-E, which will be available worldwide in early 2015. The company says construction of its first commercial plants is scheduled to begin in 2014 in multiple locations around the world.
The company says this is an industry-first renewable fuel technology. Joule says the technology will allow it to expand its Sunflow product line, which uses solar energy to convert CO2 from industrial waste into fuel, and help meet global demand for replacement hydrocarbon fuels.
Additionally, these processes use waste CO2 as a feedstock, allowing industrial emitters to produce fuel rather than dump emissions or use costly capture and sequestration measures.
Today, renewable carbohydrate-based fuel substitutes require complex, multi-step processing of algae or other agricultural biomass feedstocks into fuel precursors and subsequent chemical upgrading. In contrast, Joule has developed photosynthetic Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List biocatalysts that convert waste CO2 into hydrocarbons through a proprietary continuous process.
The company says it is scaling up its ethanol production process (Sunflow-E) and is also developing long-chain hydrocarbons for diesel (Sunflow-D). With its latest breakthrough, Joule says it becomes the first company capable of directly producing medium-chain hydrocarbons, which are important components of gasoline (Sunflow-G) and jet fuel (Sunflow-J).
Joule hydrocarbon fuel is also sulfur-free. For the diesel and gasoline markets, this gives refiners the ability to meet sulfur requirements without increasing production costs or fuel prices.
In late March, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules to further reduce gasoline sulfur content by more than 60 percent starting in 2017. U.S. fuel and petrochemical producers estimate that this would require $10 billion in capital expenditures and an additional $2.4 billion in annual operating costs for refineries. .
Joule claims its Sunflow-G can save refineries money by reducing sulfur content, since it makes up a significant portion of the final product.
Joule is currently launching its first product, Sunflow-E, which will be available worldwide in early 2015. The company says construction of its first commercial plants is scheduled to begin in 2014 in multiple locations around the world.
