Swift Enterprises has discovered a renewable, unleaded aviation gasoline of 102.9 Motor Octane Number with 15% increased energy (range) and a turbine fuel with improved properties over conventional JP-4 or Jet A. Both of these fuels have been tested by the FAA (aviation gasoline) and the USAF (turbine fuel) and have been vetted as 100% renewable, with equivalent or superior performance to fuels derived from petroleum. The Swift turbine fuel can also be used as a renewable diesel fuel. A major benefit is that the chemical process maintains a constant Cetane Number and zero sulfur content due to the feedstock. Lastly, motor gasoline can now have a pure hydrocarbon, renewable component to give increased energy (range), lower pollution, and less engine/ storage damage compared to the use of 10% ethanol. All of these fuel options are drop-in replacements.

Applications

• Motor Gasoline
• Disel Fuel
• Aviation Fuel
• Turbine Fuel
• Rocket Fuel
• Bunker Fuel
• Polymer Cross-Linking agent

Production

The essential ingredient is mesitylene in all of the compositions. Conventional chemical processing has shown this to be a high-cost material to produce due to the difficulty of separation from petroleum refinery streams. Swift Enterprises has discovered a process of efficiently producing this with conventional petroleum technology. Swift has demonstrated the direct synthesis of mesitylene from acetone, ethanol, and other renewable feedstocks.