News tagged with jet fuel
Technology strikes a chord with algal biofuels
Sep 03, 2009 |
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An award-winning Los Alamos National Laboratory sound-wave technology is helping Solix Biofuels, Inc. optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion—paving the way ...
U.S. Navy Plans to Test Biofuels for Super Hornet
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Navy is getting ready to run flight tests using an assortment of biofuels. The tests will be run using an F/A-18 Super Hornet. The tests are scheduled to begin taking place at Patuxent ...
Camelina jet fuel could cut carbon emissions by 84 percent
Jul 15, 2009 |
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The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent.
Aviation biofuel proves itself in tests, but is there enough?
May 28, 2009 |
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Initial flight tests have found that jet fuel made partly of camelina, algae or other bio-feed stocks can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes by more than 50 percent, doesn't affect performance and presents no ...
Beaming solar energy to algae
May 04, 2009 |
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Flasks bubble with red- and green-colored concoctions. Across the building, an engineer fiddles with glass rods and flickering fluorescent lights.
