Rentech Inc. reported that it has produced thousands of gallons of liquid fuels at it’s Pilot Demonstration Unit (PDU) in Commerce City, Colorado. Rentech recently completed its first PDU production run in excess of 800 continuous hours at the facility and produced thousands of gallons of synthetic fuels including Jet A and Jet A+fuel and ultra-low sulfur diesel. All of the synthetic fuels met or exceeded specifications.

Rentech will analyze the data collected during the first production run. After the evaluations are complete, the company plans to make modifications and adjustments to the PDU to further improve catalyst activity, efficiency, yields and quality. A second production run will be conducted after the modfications are completed.

The Rentech PDU is designed to product 420 gallons per day of synthetic jet fuel, ultra-low diesel and specialty chemicals. It’s the only operating synthetic transportation fuels facility in the United States.