Yanik Varin, Industry Manager for Biofuels at Krohne, outlines the instrumentation challenges facing the sustainable aviation fuel industry and how specialized measurement technology can address them.
Key insights:
SAF production merges oil and gas expertise with renewable feedstock handling, creating extreme process conditions including high temperatures, high pressures, and abrasive feedstocks that standard instrumentation cannot reliably handle.
Ultrasonic flow meters offer a versatile alternative by eliminating clogging-prone capillaries and operating across liquids, gases, and hydrogen.
Ceramic pressure membranes provide a more accurate and cost-effective alternative to gold-plated membranes for hydrogen measurement.
Single straight-tube Coriolis meters reduce wear from abrasive feedstocks compared to conventional bent-tube designs.