In the UK, Aerospace Global News reported that a pilot-scale facility in South Korea has demonstrated the production of sustainable aviation fuel directly from landfill gas, yielding 100 kg of SAF per day, thereby validating a potential step toward decentralized, waste-based fuel supply for aviation.
The project—led by the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) in collaboration with EN2CORE Technology—successfully converts methane-rich gases generated by the decomposition of organic waste into liquid jet fuel via an integrated catalytic process, according to the report.
At a landfill-site pilot plant in Daegu, the system produced approximately 100 kg of SAF per day, with liquid-fuel selectivity exceeding 75%. The facility used for the trial was merely 100 square meters, the report added.
Researchers say the approach could enable small, decentralized SAF facilities located directly at landfills or waste-treatment plants, rather than relying solely on large centralized refineries for SAF production.
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