ARA Alternative Fuels

06/01/2023

ARA is excited to announce the successful startup of the first commercial HCU Pretreat unit at Montana Renewables in Great Falls, MT. This unit is the next generation in the pretreatment of fat, oil, and grease (FOG) feedstocks, offering a simple, refinery-friendly process with the capability to clean up the most challenging feedstocks for further conversion to renewable fuels.

https://www.ara.com/news/aras-hydrothermal-cleanup-hcu-pretreat-has-launched-at-montana-renewables/

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), an international research and engineering company that provides innovative solutions, is excited to announce the

02/07/2023

HCU Pretreat is ARA's patented pretreatment process that uses common refinery equipment and water, heat, pressure, and turbulent flow to remove metals and other inorganics from most common fat, oil, and grease feedstocks. It is a continuous, single-step process that preserves nearly 100% of the organic portion of the feedstock and does not require any additional equipment modifications for highly-contaminated feedstocks. It has been successfully demonstrated on many challenging feedstocks, including Distiller's Corn Oil, Used Cooking Oil, Animal Fats, Non-degummed and Crude Degummed Seed Oils, Brown Grease, Soapstock, Fatty Acid Distillate, Phosphatide Gums, and Algal Oils.

There are three commercial units under construction that will be starting up in 2023. More units are in engineering.

Contact us to find out more!

12/07/2021

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sinclair-selects-ara-hcu-pretreat-131500626.html We are excited to announce that Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company has licensed our Hydrothermal Cleanup (HCU) Pretreat technology with commissioning planned in 2022.

07/21/2020

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) and Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) are pleased to announce the successful startup of euglena Co., Ltd. (euglena Co.)'s integrated Biofuels ISOCONVERSION unit in Yokohama, Japan.

The 5 BPD, first-of-its-kind demonstration unit, employs the Biofuels ISOCONVERSION technology, jointly developed by CLG and ARA, to produce renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel out of an algae oil blend and waste vegetable oil. euglena Co. has successfully started up the demo-unit in 2020, and its renewable diesel products have met all specifications of a Japanese standard of diesel fuel “JIS K2204”. They have started supplying a renewable diesel to local bus services for passenger transportation in Japan. euglena Co. also plans to produce a renewable jet fuel that meets the ASTM D7566 Annex 6 specifications and supply it to commercial flights in Japan.

06/15/2020

The ARA Better Fuels Group in Panama City, FL, has an exciting opportunity for a full-time senior process engineer to provide engineering support for process development and project management in commercial Implementation of renewable fuels technology.

https://recruiting.ultipro.com/APP1010ARAI/JobBoard/07442cec-d18e-4589-ab15-8342edc29af7/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=068b54dc-2f11-422e-b5c8-acdb93e87bfb

02/24/2020

ARA engineers have received an EU patent for their High Rate Reactor technology which incorporates supercritical water, high fluid velocity, high heat exchange rates, turbulent flow, and short residence time to upgrade organic feedstocks into crude oils.

02/24/2020

https://www.ara.com/news/astm-international-approves-new-production-pathway-sustainable-aviation-fuel

Proud to announce that ASTM has approved our production pathway for sustainable aviation fuel!

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) and Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) are working toward a more sustainable future by developing novel solutions to meet the global need for sustainable aviation fuels. The team is proud to announce that ASTM International has approved the new production pathway...

10/27/2018

ARA was recently awarded a US Patent for our Hydrothermal Cleanup process. This process removes metals and other inorganic impurities, while performing acidulation and degumming steps, all in less than 2 minutes of residence time. Congratulations team!

10/30/2017

US Navy T700 engine endurance testing is underway with ARA's ReadiJet renewable fuel as it continues toward MILSPEC certification as a 100% drop-in renewable jet fuel. MILSPEC certification of ReadiJet and our ReadiDiesel marine diesel fuel is anticipated in 2018.

10/30/2017

10/05/2017

http://www.wjhg.com/content/news/ARA-and-partners-win-15-million-contract-with-Dept-of-Agriculture-449498063.html ARA's renewable fuels in the news!

Applied Research Associates and other partners will aid in developing fuel from what's called a carinata plant by commercializing the crop.

08/01/2017

100% Drop-in MILSPEC certified jet fuel and marine diesel coming in 2018! ARA and Chevron Lummus Global's CHCJ-5 and CHD-76!