COOL-MTJ
Countering Oligomerization Inhibition in Methanol to Jet
Project area
Resource procurement (Input)
Fuel production
Refining and upgrading
Storage
Transport
Distribution
Utilisation
Post-treatment and recycling
Safety and standardisation
Systems integration / sector coupling
Community work and stakeholder involvement
Structural frameworks, regulation, and markets
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Project description
The COOL-MTJ project supports our ambition to establish a cost-efficient process to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through three integrated steps: methanol conversion to olefins (MTO), olefin oligomerization (OLI) and hydrogenation.
In the project we want to obtain a molecular understanding on the nature, and quantity, of certain critical side products, and how these influence the catalyst performance in the methanol-to-jet (MTJ) process. This will help identify the best design for a future MTJ plant, leading to the lowest cost of SAF.
Project facts
Project start
November 2025
Project status
Funding pool
Inflection point
Value chain and theme
Project objectives
To produce representative olefinic samples in a pilot plant for analytical investigation.
To develop analytical methods tailored for identifying ppm levels of impurities in olefinic hydrocarbon streams and apply these methods.
To establish a bench-scale test setup for experimental studying inhibition effects of the impurities under different conditions.
To improve the MTJ process layout based on learnings obtained.
Project partners
Impact & outcome
The COOL-MTJ project provides chemical understanding on how to integrate two core steps of the MTJ process and best tune their operational parameters to achieve high efficiency and SAF yields.
- Improved analytical capabilities to understand subtle differences in the product compositions at different conditions.
- Improved understanding on chemical species present and their interaction with the catalysts.
- Better integration of two core steps in the MTJ process and improved process design.
- Improved MTJ process leading to lower cost SAF.
