Short-term economics, long-term vision.
Our biorefinery system will support multiple feedstocks, lower capital costs and incorporates iterative technology improvements and discovery without the need to design and build a new base system at each iteration.
The buss system in the Modular Biorefinery System is a central backbone with standard interconnects and control systems. To this backbone we connect processing modules. The initial modules we are developing perform supportive utility and refining functions, converting lipids into green jet and diesel fuels.
We have developed our system on an open-architecture basis that allows others to develop new subsystems that improve or extend the capabilities of the system. Our design allows for reconfiguration of modules to accommodate available feedstocks and produce desired finished green fuel products. The JetE biorefinery system has a standardized core but stimulates innovation at the edges.
The JetE Modular Biorefinery System will use lipids as the initial feedstock because these feedstocks provide a ready path for near-term economically viable commercial scale production and nature has done much of the work in making something that is well-suited for refining into fuel. The biorefinery system can be customized to various feedstocks and desired mix of products.
Our Modular Biorefinery System:
- Produces green jet and diesel fuels compatible with existing engines and fuel distribution systems.
- Is designed to process multiple feedstocks, enabling production around the world.
- Produces green jet and diesel fuels that have the energy density required to create the thrust and torque necessary for aviation, heavy industrial and agriculture applications.
- Produces green jet and diesel fuels that are low carbon, achieving an 80.3% reduction in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions.
- Facilitates distributed production, placing control and economics in communities.
- Employs technology to produce fuel that has been proven to safely operate jet engines.
Feedstock availability and cost are limiting factors for commercial biofuels production. There is no single feedstock solution. A multi-feedstock approach is required to meet the demands of our nation. There are many technical and logistical issues involved in converting biomass into on-spec fuels. Rather than attempt to simultaneously overcome all the challenges inherent in the many complex processes required to convert biomass to finished fuels, JetE has implemented an incremental, phased approach as our path to produce fuels from carbohydrates.
