Honeywell company, announced today that its technology was selected for use in Rentech, Inc.’s Rialto Renewable Energy center for the conversion of biomass to transportation fuels.
The renewable energy center, to be built in Rialto, Calif., will convert biomass, such as yard and tree trimmings, into renewable, ultra-clean biodiesel and renewable electricity. The new facility will use UOP hydroprocessing technology, which converts hydrocarbons into clean fuel products. The center is expected to produce roughly 640 barrels-per-day of liquid fuel and 35 megawatts of base-load electricity, enough to power approximately 30,000 homes each day.
In August 2009, eight airlines signed a multi-year agreement with Rentech to together purchase up to 1.5 million gallons per year of biodiesel from the Rialto Project for use in ground service equipment at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The Rialto Project is scheduled to start up in late 2012.
“Our technology helps Rentech to produce high-quality, ultra-clean transport fuels, meeting all product standards with a near-zero carbon footprint,” said UOP Business Director for Refining Ashis Banerji. “The Rialto Project is an important step in increasing capacity of clean fuels from non-traditional sources.”
“We are pleased to add a well recognized technology provider such as UOP to the suite of technologies to be deployed at our Rialto Project,” said Timothy DeFoe, Project Director for the Rialto Renewable Energy Center. “The Rialto Project continues to advance, with FEED engineering work well under way. The project, anticipated to be the nation’s first commercial biomass gasification facility for the co-production of renewable synthetic fuels and power, will serve as a model for next generation clean energy production.”
In the new unit the Rentech-SilvaGas biomass gasification system will be used to produce synthesis gas, or syngas, from biomass feedstock which is converted to ultra-clean hydrocarbons using Rentech’s proprietary Fischer-Tropsch process and catalyst. The UOP Unionfining™ process and the UOP Unicracking™ process are then used to upgrade the hydrocarbons to ultra-clean jet fuel and biodiesel as well as specialty waxes and chemicals.
Honeywell’s UOP business, a recognized global leader in process technology to convert petroleum feedstocks to fuels and chemicals, has also developed a range of processes to produce high-quality, drop-in green fuels from natural feedstocks. Since 2006, UOP has commercialized processes to convert non-edible natural oils to Honeywell Green Diesel™ and Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™. It has also established Envergent Technologies, a joint venture with Ensyn Corp. which offers pyrolysis technology for the production of renewable heat, power and transportation fuels from biomass sources such as forest and agricultural waste.
Thank you for another great article. Where else could anyone get that kind of information in such a perfect way of writing? I have a presentation next week, and I am on the look for such information.
I’m not sure where you are getting your info, but goodtopic.|I needs to spend some time learningmore or understanding more.|Thanks for greatinformation I was looking for this information for my mission.
OMG I nearly fell off my chair when I saw your blog light up on my reader alert.
I really like your blog and i really appreciate the excellent quality content you are posting here for free for your online readers. Can you tell us which blog platform you are using?
This is very intresting, You are a very skilled blogger. I have joined your feed and look forward to seeking more of your great post.
You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I will try to get the hang of it!
Good blog, where did you come up with the knowledge in this piece of content? I’m glad I found it though, ill be checking back soon to see what other articles you have.
You can definitely see your enthusiasm in the work you write. The world hopes for more passionate writers like you who aren?¯t afraid to say how they believe. Always go after your heart.
This is a really awesome article. I found your blog from bing while searching a similar subject material. I really liked what you had to say. Keep up the good work!
I hope you will keep updating your content constantly as you have one dedicated reader here.
hey there I’m unable subscribing to your RSS feed. Can you assist or do you know why? thanks for the info.