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The world's first biofuels sailing regular flights by lee ryan
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The world's first biofuels sailing regular flights |
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Business,Environment,Science & Technology
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After years of research and development and flight test, the world's first use of biofuels regular flights finally put into commercial operation, And Chinese airlines, in alternative fuels, will also take substantive step. learn from Airbus Chinese companies, Lufthansa German Airlines has launched the world's first use of bio-fuel regular air passenger flights. The flights are operated by an engine equipped with IAE Airbus A321 aircraft to fly four times a day from Hamburg to Frankfurt. The fuel used in flight is after the treatment of hydrogenated vegetable oil and non-food animal fat mixs traditional aviation fuel in the fifty percent. Biofuels provide by the Finnish Neste Oil company, raw materials is from jatropha, camelina and animal fat. Airbus has provided technical support for this project and monitored bio-fuel to analyze and research their properties. According to Lufthansa's plans, this by biological fuel regular flights preliminary plan for six months time. Lufthansa estimated that the flight can reduce up to 1500 tons of carbon emissions in six months. This period, Lufthansa will test what effect of the biological fuel to engine maintenance and service life, the Lufthansa plans to spend a total of 6.6 million euros (about $ 9.31 million) to implement the bio-fuel program. In addition to Lufthansa, Finnair, said the industry group will be operational next week to provide part of the power of biofuels in Amsterdam flights to Helsinki on a regular basis, and will eventually operate at least three classes of flight using biofuelon that route. The company will use biofuel mixed with"recycled vegetable oil" and the traditional aviation fuel in ratio of 50:50. In China, the use of bio-fuel powered flight has also been put on the agenda. Reporter yesterday informed from Air China and the relevant participating provider, Air China plans in the third quarter of this year for the first time in China to realize aviation biofuels demonstration flight, the fastest flight time in August. Air China will through this test flight to set up aviation biofuels flight experience,and according to the test results to make specific flight plan with Boeing. It is understood that, used for the Air China flight validation of bio-fuel is come from jatropha oil feedstock raw material base, last month, China Petroleum (601857, stock it) has successfully produced bio-fuel air quality standards, And advancely verify the required 15 tons of aviation fuel and bio-fuel groups in the handover.
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