The company says this test markes the first time 100% sustainable aviation fuel has been flown in its business jet engines.
Honeywell announced successfully tested its HTF7500 turbofan engine on an Embraer Praetor 600 aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The test had one engine using 100% SAF and the other using traditional jet fuel. It was performed at the Embraer campus in Melbourne, Fla., and demonstrated how the engine performs on a 100% SAF formulation.
It successfully demonstrated that the HTF7500 engine running on 100% SAF produced similar performance as when running on traditional jet fuel.
“We are pleased to be creating a more sustainable future for aviation with industry leaders like Embraer,” said Dave Marinick, president, Engines and Power Systems, Honeywell Aerospace, in a release.
“This testing milestone with our engine demonstrates the viability of SAF for Embraer and the overall aviation industry, as they work to meet carbon reduction commitments. Additionally, as we develop SAF solutions, we will be using these innovations in our own engines and APUs,” he said.
Honeywell’s HTF7500 engine powers both the Embraer Praetor 600 and Praetor 500 aircraft models. The engine was designed to increase reliability while reducing noise and improving fuel efficiency.
The Praetor 500 is a mid-size business jet with an intercontinental range of 3,340 nautical miles (6,186 km) with four passengers. The Praetor 600, a super-midsize jet, is capable of nonstop flights from Paris to New York or São Paulo to Miami. With four passengers it has intercontinental range of 4,018 nautical miles (7,441 km).
Honeywell has developed a suite of technologies to create fuels with reduced or zero emissions. More than 40 Honeywell Ecofining licenses have been issued to date to produce SAF, and roughly 60% of Honeywell’s 2022 new product research and development investment was directed toward ESG-oriented outcomes.
