Advanced Technologies

to Produce Sustainable
Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Yvon BERNARD
Axens Group: A Long History with Biofuels
Carburol project
fermentation/bioconver Methanol to Jet
1980’s sion
BioTfueL®
demonstration
plant start-up
1992 Beginning of
BioTfueL®
1st biodiesel plant
start-up
development
Atol® 2021
Esterfip Technology
1998 Pilot start-up

Beginning of 2001 2008 2010 2020

Gasel® 2011 2015 2019
development
Alcohol to Jet
Gasel® Beginning of
Demonstration Futurol™
plant start-up development
Futurol™
Pretreatment
Beginning of Futurol™ plant start-up
Atol® pre-commercial
development plant start-up
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A Geographical Context

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Definition & Agencies
■ India
 Bioethanol from feedstock
› sugarcane juice
› starch from corn, sugar beet
› Cassava
› sweet sorghum…
 Advanced biofuel :Biomass, MSW,
- Industrial waste etc…
 Biodiesel: non edible oil, HEFA

■ Advanced bio-fuels > 1G

 Incitation & Investment
 Significant GHG reduction
 Generally more energy required

The specific pathway is critical!

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India Today

■ White paper for Aviation biofuels

no mandate yet
Current Mid 2025 2030 Incentive
2022
■ Government moves
 Increase tax on E0 Ethanol in Approx E10 E20 E20
GST cut
gasoline 6.8 Bil
 Standard test for E12, E15 compliant (18% to
Litters
vehicles E20 target capacity
5%)
 Restriction on import/export
 Fixed price on feedstock Biodiesel 0.15% 5%vol GST cut
in Diesel vol (12% to
5%)
■ Local regulation
 Gujarat  Potential new ethanol policy SAF White No mandate yet
paper
 Haryana push to use stubble for
ethanol production Source: Roadmap for ethanol blending in India 2020-25

What about tomorrow?

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SAF Pathways

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For Each Context…an Axens Solution (Vegan®)

■ Case study: An Existing Refinery

 Positive:cost reduction with revamp/retrofit
 Challenge: feedstock availability limited
 Future: Co-processing ?

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For Each Context…an Axens Solution (Futurol™)

■ Case study: Biomass Owner

 Positive:advanced biomass availability, mandate E20
 Challenge: investment, funding
 Future: Alcohol to Jet

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For Each Context…an Axens Solution (ATJ)

■ Case study: Future Valorization of Ethanol

 Positive:
Fit well in a refinery, Ethanol quantity,
 Challenge: refinery close to the ethanol producer, mandate for SAF

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For Each Context…an Axens Solution (BioTfueL®)

■ Case study: Developper and Green Funding Sources

 Positive:
availaibility of advanced bio-mass in quantity
 Challenge: investment, tax incentive (pathway to be created)

Naphtha
Fischer-
Biomass Syngas
Biomass Pretreatment
Gasification
conditioning
Tropsch SAF
& Upgrading
Diesel

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Conclusion

■ Axens, solution to support India’s market

■ Each context with a pathway
■ Key aspects
 Mandates
 Biomass
 Product
 Hollistic approach
■ Huge potential in India
 Costof manpower
 Growth
 Biomass availability Source: McKinsey, November 2020

 Low equipment cost

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