Over the past 70 years, Sasol has steadily built a comprehensive understanding of the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process, with its dedicated research and development activities coupled with practical operational experience. Central to Sasol Chemicals' offerings are the Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. These catalysts are compatible with Sasol’s proprietary FT technology and a range of third-party FT technologies, including micro-channel, fixed bed, and micro-structured technologies.
What Makes Our Offerings Unique?
Our FT experts have a deep understanding of FT catalysis and FT processes, utilising the feedstock agnostic FT technology to produce a variety of high-value FT products, including synthetic kerosene and SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) fostered by know-how on our proven commercial technology, excellent technical support, outstanding FT catalyst performance.
Sasol Chemicals’ next generation Co-FT catalyst is a key enabler of the production of carbon-neutral aviation fuel (SAF) via the power-to-liquid process. Renewable electricity sources are used to generate hydrogen combined with carbon dioxide extracted from the off-gas of a biogas plant and via direct air capture to produce syngas that are converted to e-crude and then refined into SAF.
Sasol is a Key Partner in the Care-O-Sene Project
The German-South African research project CARE-O-SENE (Catalyst Research for Sustainable Kerosene) was granted 30 million euros by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Research partners include Sasol Germany GmbH and Sasol Limited, the Helmholtz‐Zentrum Berlin fuer Materialien und Energie (Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Energy, HZB), the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), The University of Cape Town (UCT) and INERATEC GmbH. The project aims to develop novel FT catalysts to produce an FT crude that targets more than 80% SAF yield.