WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. – More than 100 people attended an event on September 13, 2013 to unveil two facilities in Greater Lafayette that could bolster the process to commercialize an unleaded high-octane gasoline called 100SF.
Officials from Swift Fuels LLC, based in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open their new aviation fuel blending facility in Lafayette, Ind. They also broke ground on their new pilot plant operations.
The company is investing $2.5 million in the operating facilities. The blending facility will store at least 50,000 gallons of unleaded, high-octane aviation components for sales and shipment. The pilot plant will produce more than 10,000 gallons of 100SF per month when it reaches full capacity.
Chris D’Acosta, CEO of Swift Fuels, said the company’s 100SF aviation gasoline can be used in all general aviation piston engine aircraft worldwide. Swift Fuels’ 100SF was developed to replace leaded aviation gasoline.
The pilot plant will be a continuous operation. It can produce the unleaded high-octane gasoline from petroleum or bio-sourced material.
