Our activities

We work where the cost is decided.

The economics of sustainable fuels and chemicals are set in the process design and the catalyst, whether you are planning a new plant or improving one that already runs. We work across three connected activities.

01 · Process engineering

Process engineering

Whether you are sizing a first demonstrator or scaling to commercial volumes, the design choices you make now set your lifetime cost. We bring process and catalysis expertise to those decisions before they are locked in.

  • Conceptual process design for SAF and platform-chemical plants
  • Pre-FEED and techno-economic assessment
  • Catalyst-informed reactor and separation choices
  • Scale-up and de-risking roadmaps for investors
Aefir engineers collaborating on a process design
02 · Laboratory

Catalyst testing and improvement

Your catalyst is the single biggest lever on yield, selectivity and running cost. We test it under realistic conditions so your process models are accurate, then improve the catalysts you already run.

  • Standardised benchmarking under realistic conditions
  • Kinetic data for precise process modelling
  • Deactivation and poisoning diagnostics
  • Formulation and synthesis improvements
Engineer adjusting a valve on the catalyst test rig
03 · AI

AI-assisted catalyst optimisation

The catalyst design space is enormous. We combine fast design-space screening with high-throughput experiments, so the lab spends its time on the compositions most likely to succeed.

  • Fast design-space screening of candidate compositions
  • High-throughput experimental loops between model and bench
  • Property and lifetime prediction before synthesis
  • Continuous improvement from live plant data
Engineer reviewing catalyst optimisation data at the control station

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