Production of High-quality Fatty Acids Feedstock for use in SAF Productionbroad
GAFT · Horizon Europe grant · 2023-07-03–2025-07-02
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Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF · topic HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
COVAL's GAFT project presents two innovations in biofuel production processes, for Formic Acid & for Fatty Acid, both essential for future sustainable aviation fuel.Our patented process to produce potassium formate (PF) out of CO2, water, and renewable electricity enables a higher concentration to be produced using conventional equipment. We then convert this PF to formic acid (FA).We have also developed a non-GMO microorganism that uses FA (and glycerol) as a substrate to produce fatty acids. These fatty acids are used as feedstock for HEFA to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The remaining biomass by-product is a crude microbiological protein that can be used as aquafeed.GAFT dramatically improves the production of SAF by being more energy efficient, using just enough energy to produce a C1 hydrocarbon from CO2 and subsequently, via fermentation, to produce fatty acid feedstock for the only currently available commercial technology to produce SAF, the HEFA process.
Beneficiaries (2)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAFT BV | NL | coordinator | €2,499,999 | Yes |
| COVAL ENERGY BV | NL | thirdParty | €0 | Yes |
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