KHIMOD and Elyse Energy team up to demo French SAF

In France, KHIMOD and Elyse Energy have teamed up to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuels through the collaborative project AVEBIO.

AVEBIO aims to demonstrate the production of sustainable e-fuels for air transport based on the yet-to-valorize CO2 of a biofuel production unit. The goal of this industrial pilot is to valorize biomass deposit while using  competitive synthetic carbon to set off the e-fuel industry.
AVEBIO project will also encompass an end-to-end solution from CO2 to e-fuels thanks to the integration of 2 reactions: reverse Water Gas Shift (rWGS) from CO 2 to CO and Fischer-Tropsch from CO to e-fuels.

KHIMOD will provide the heat exchanger-reactors within the CO2 hydrogenation units, producing valuable synthetic molecules and overcoming reverse water gas shift main technological hurdle, namely heat management. KHIMOD will also provide the Fische-Tropsch reactor and the necessary
interaction between the rWGS and the Fischer-Tropsch technological bricks.
Elyse Energy will coordinate the project and explore the launch on an industrial pilot on RYAM site in Tartas to value biogenic CO 2 from second generation bioethanol plant.
AVEBIO has been granted support within the framework of the 4th Investment Program for the Future- France 2030 through the Call for Projects aimed at «developing a French production sector for sustainable aeronautical fuels» known as CARB AERO.