Arouse dreams of green biofuels flight
10, Continental Airlines announced here, the first commercial aircraft flight using biofuels recent successful test flight. It opened in 2009, including China, a series of new tests of fuel off the aircraft, once again aroused the people to take the green air travel dreams.
Fuel: Jatropha tree with seaweed extracts and flight
Continental Airlines Beijing office to provide information to reporters, said the plane did not carry passengers on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft for about two hours of successful flight. Continental Airlines Chairman and CEO Luokai Rui said: "Through this test the technical knowledge gained will help to more deeply explore the sustainable development of air transport fuel future."
According to Continental Airlines Chief Representative of China and director of Guoxing Chang introduced to compare the use of biofuels and conventional fuels mixed performance, flight test aircraft No. 1 engine of 100% using the traditional jet fuel, No. 2 engine uses 50% of the extract of Jatropha curcas and algae 50% biofuel with traditional jet fuel. This mixed bio-fuels will greatly reduce carbon emissions. Jatropha curcas and algae in their life cycle can consume a lot of carbon.
Despite the sharp decline in global oil prices in early 2009, but in the long run, to reduce oil dependence, reduce costs and achieve air emission reductions, the new fuel by the way the aircraft is a must. In addition to Continental Airlines, New Zealand, Brazil and other countries are carrying out bio-energy aviation flight experiment.
Bio-energy use, inevitably raises concern for food security. In this regard, Luo Kairui said, and the extraction of fuel from corn and other grains is different from seaweed extract mixed with Jatropha curcas on food crops or biofuels will not adversely affect the water supply can also reduce deforestation.
Do not burn oil aircraft: new technologies need to overcome the revolution
International Air Transport Association recently announced in Beijing, the world's first prototype solar-powered aircraft will conduct the first test flight in early 2009 and is expected to arrive in China within the next two years.
And the mixed fuel of different aircraft, the aircraft does not use solar energy vehicle oil. Bisignani said IATA director, the world's first solar-powered aircraft earlier this year after a first test flight is expected in 2011 to fly around the world including China.
Boeing, one with a proton exchange membrane fuel cell and lithium-ion batteries for small manned plane, successfully conducted its first test flight last year. Driven by a pilot of the aircraft, relying on battery power at 1000 m altitude of 100 kilometers an hour flight for about 20 minutes.
According to reports, China's Trina Solar Company and Air France jointly developed by Lisa new energy powered aircraft is also expected to complete the assembly of the end of 2009. This will be the world's first solar and hydrogen energy to power the new aircraft.
China Dream: energy saving and technological innovation
International aviation community believe that the use of aircraft fuel mix is expected to put into commercial operation next 5 years. Totally ordinary passengers to take the new aircraft burning oil, it may take 20 years or so.
"We hope that the new fuel mix of aircraft operating in the China-US route as soon as possible, the sooner the better." Continental Airlines Chairman and CEO Luorui Kai said.
In recent years, IATA has been working to promote the reduction of carbon in the air and plans. After the United States as air power and the world's second largest consumer market of aircraft, aircraft fuel in China is facing new challenges in research and development.
At present, the total cost of airline fuel costs 36% to 40%, if the new fuel, can effectively reduce aircraft operating costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
IATA's airline industry in the zero-emission process, the investment in new technology in a key position. It is reported that China's current development of biofuels has certain technical advantages, but in non-traditional powered flight is far behind Europe and America.
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