Full scale commercial sustainable aviation fuel plant
The first commercial plant will be based in Cheshire, in the Northwest of England where much of the UK’s pre-existing petrochemical infrastructure is situated. The plan will be a faithful replica of the smaller 5,000 tonne per year sustainable aviation fuel production facility.
Annual production volume
320k
Waste processed
250k tonnes p/y
External energy input
0 mWh
CO2 reduction
429k tonnes p/y
All statistics are estimates and subject to variation
This is the largest plant undergoing design and development currently and it will set the standard for the most common Avioxx sustainable aviation fuel refineries. Avioxx are currently seeking more sites to develop this type of plant. Access to carbon capture infrastructure is important for the cheap disposal of CO2 created within the process.
Over the longer term Avioxx aim to develop 10 of these plants within the UK avoiding around 5,000,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, the equivalent of 200 billion plastic bottles or 83 million air miles or 12,000 round trips from London to New York. These plants would also clean up a significant amount of waste in the UK that is incinerated or sent to landfall
The plant boasts around a 69mW electrochemistry component which is used to generate additional hydrogen thus optimising the gas ratios for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. The revolutionary design has very low production of harmful emissions or by products.
Gasifiers – Turning solid 1,500 tons of waste into Synthesis gas
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell – Turning synthesis gas into 375kw of electricity
Electrolysers – Splitting water into Hydrogen and Oxygen
Fischer-Tropsch – Turing Synthesis gas and Hydrogen into synthesized crude
