IHI to install small-scale SAF production test rig for further development of CO2 to SAF synthesis technologies

In Japan, IHI Corporation together with the Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE), a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, has been working on the development of technology for the synthesis of sustainable aviation fuel. 

IHI Corporation stated that the decision has now been taken to proceed to the next stage of development, and a test rig to verify the process of synthesizing liquid hydrocarbons from SAF raw materials, CO2 and hydrogen, will be installed on the ISCE campus by September. Small-scale testing on the above rig with an injection rate of 100 kg CO2 per day is scheduled to start by the end of the year.

“The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has set a long-term goal of net zero aircraft CO2 emissions by 2050, and it is envisaged that many conventional fossil-based aviation fuels will be replaced by SAF. In response to this need, IHI is developing catalysts and building efficient processes to produce SAF directly from CO2 and hydrogen,” IHI said.

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