Honeywell, China National Petroleum ink agreement on advanced biofuels for China; focus on Chinese feedstock evaluation

In China, the China National Petroleum Corporation signed a MOU with Honeywell’s UOP to evaluate Chinese feedstocks for the production of green diesel and green jet fuels, evaluate installation of units to produce renewable fuels and improve ethanol energy efficiency.

CNPC will also evaluate the installation of a demonstration-scale UOP/Eni Ecofining process unit for the production of green diesel fuel, as well as a larger-scale unit at an existing or new CNPC refinery site. The Ecofining process uses catalytic hydroprocessing technology to convert natural oils to a green diesel fuel.

The product, a direct substitute for diesel fuel, features a high cetane value (the measure of the combustion quality of diesel) of approximately 80. Compared to diesel found at the pump today, which ranges from 40 to 60 cetane, green diesel offers value as a blending stock for refiners seeking to enhance existing diesel fuels and expand the diesel pool.

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