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Renewable, Aromatic, "Drop-in" Jet & Diesel Fuels

The Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) ReadiJet and ReadiDiesel are the next generation drop-in alternative fuels from non-edible crop oils that do not require blending with petroleum

ARA developed a patented, novel process called Catalytic Hydrothermolysis (CH). The CH process converts oils from plants and algae into Renewable, Aromatic, Drop-in (Readi) fuels known as ReadiJet and ReadiDiesel. These fuels are ready to use, without blending, in turbine and diesel engines designed to operate on petroleum-based fuels. The low-cost CH conversion process uses water to reduce hydrogen consumption, catalyst consumption, and carbon footprint relative to other alternative fuel conversion processes such as Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and Hydrotreated Renewable Jet (HRJ). The CH process converts any non-edible oil (triglyceride) directly into high-density aromatic, cycloparaffin, and isoparaffin hydrocarbons that are ideal for drop-in jet (JP-5, JP-8 and Jet A) and diesel (ASTM D 975 and F-76 Naval Distillate) fuels.