A commercially demonstrated technology solution

The world’s most compact, commercially-ready reactor for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons. Developed in our laboratory and demonstrated at full scale in the real world, our reactor allows the production of advanced biofuels from large, sustainable carbon sources such as household waste and forest residues.

The Velocys process

A process to transform waste to fuel, built around our proprietary catalyst and reactor

The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process is a catalytic chemical reaction that turns synthesis gas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen) into fuels (liquid hydrocarbons, such as diesel or jet fuel).

By combining our reactor with gasification, purification and hydrocracking technologies that have been demonstrated at comercial scale, we can provide an integrated end-to-end process that converts solid wastes, first to synthesis gas and then to liquid transport fuels.

These products are high-quality versions of existing fuels. They require no changes to engines or infrastructure, meet all specifications and burn cleaner, cutting exhaust pollutants such as particulate matter (soot).

Depending on the feedstock, fuels made using our reactor enable significant greenhouse gas reductions, qualify for the highest levels of renewable fuel credits, and are certified by the Roundtable for Sustainable Biomaterials.

Our Oklahoma demonstration plant reached commercial scale and qualified for renewable fuel credits, running for over 5000 hours of cumulative operation across 2 FT reactors. Additional demonstrations have tested our technology at pilot scale in North and South America, Europe and Australia. We have also run an integrated demonstration coupling our reactor with a gasifier to convert wood waste to hydrocarbons.

Technical validation: key milestones