The resulting production platform will include Raven SR’s patented Steam/CO2 Reformer process and EFT’s patented Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and Maxx Jet™/ Maxx Diesel™ upgrading technology.
This combination will allow Raven SR to produce synthetic fuels at higher than currently feasible volumes within small, modular systems.
The Raven SR technology is a non-combustion thermal process for converting organic waste and landfill gas to hydrogen and Fischer-Tropsch synfuels.
Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR, said, “We expect to go to market on an accelerated timeframe for SAF and other renewable Fischer-Tropsch fuels by incorporating EFT’s well-regarded catalyst/reactor technologies. The collaboration with EFT, particularly their 75 BPD and 500 BPD systems, which will match up well with our standard systems, will enable us to produce advanced fuels from waste on a local basis.”
Under the MoU, Raven SR and EFT will work together to optimise their process to maximise production while further reducing emissions.
The Master License Agreement will enable Raven SR to deploy its technology with EFT technology on a global scale, producing liquid fuels more quickly and nearer to market.
Kenneth Agee, Founder and President of EFT, said, “This MOU represents a meeting of the minds and facilitates a means to produce premium synthetic Fischer-Tropsch fuels from waste materials. We share similar ambitions of accelerating the production of renewable fuels with negative carbon intensity on a cost-competitive basis.”
Raven SR’s technology is sufficiently flexible to provide an ideal source of syngas for Fischer-Tropsch technology, and is designed to produce more hydrogen per ton of waste than competing processes, making the cost per kg of hydrogen competitive, which has been a challenge of adopting hydrogen as a fuel source.
The technology can also be implemented quickly, meeting demand faster and closer to the market. Raven SR’s process can also convert waste to produce other renewable energy products, such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), synthetic liquid fuels (diesel, Jet A, mil-spec, JP-8), additives and solvents (such as methanol, butanol, and naphtha).
This collaboration with EFT provides Raven SR with the latest proprietary Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and Maxx Jet™/ Maxx Diesel™ upgrading technology to create a scalable, sustainable path for converting syngas into very high yields of jet fuel and diesel fuel products.
Last month Raven SR signed an MoU with Howden to provide more certainty in procuring key components for hydrogen fuel production facilities, including advanced compressors.
The company also plans to use INNIO’s Jenbacher engines [60 Hz] with a ‘Ready for H2’ option to produce renewable energy. The energy system will power and heat Raven SR’s S- Series hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California.