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10% aviation fuel from renewable sources by 2017
The critical examination of aviation biofuel development comes as a growing number of airlines and aircraft manufacturers join energy firms in the hunt for alternatives to kerosene. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents 93 percent of the world's carriers, has set a goal of drawing 10 percent of its fuel from renewable sources by 2017. - Read More
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Topics : Renewable Energy
Gasoline energy content
The high energy content of gasoline is more important for airplanes than for cars
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Topics : Oil and Gas Oil
Aviation kerosene - how much is used per day?
Today, aviation uses about 5 million barrels a day of jet kerosene. Assume healthy efficiency gains, and you could still see 12 million barrels a day of jet kero on the tarmac in 2030. - Read More
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Kerosene based aviation fuels produced per year
Each year, more than 600 million barrels of kerosene-based fuels are refined from petroleum for the U.S. military and commercial jet fleets.
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Kerosene to JP8
Kerosene, when mixed with minor amounts of fuel additives, is known as JP8 or Jet A, which is suitable for use in jet aviation applications. A competitive advantage of the medium-chain fatty acid-based kerosene production is elimination of an expensive chemical or thermal cracking process, which is otherwise necessary for long-chain fatty acids commonly found in animal fat, vegetable oils, and typical algae oils.
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ASU JV trying to make aviation fuel from algae
Arizona State University has entered into a research and commercialization collaboration with Heliae Development, LLC and Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to develop, produce and sell kerosene-based aviation fuel derived from algae. - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy