een wereldwijd elektriciteitsnet een oplossing voor veel problemen  GENI es una institución de investigación y educación-enfocada en la interconexión de rejillas de electricidad entre naciones.  ??????. ????????????????????????????????????  nous proposons la construction d’un réseau électrique reliant pays et continents basé sur les ressources renouvelables  Unser Planet ist mit einem enormen Potential an erneuerbaren Energiequellen - Da es heutzutage m` glich ist, Strom wirtschaftlich , können diese regenerativen Energiequellen einige der konventionellen betriebenen Kraftwerke ersetzen.  한국어/Korean  utilizando transmissores de alta potência em áreas remotas, e mudar a força via linha de transmissões de alta-voltagem, podemos alcançar 7000 quilómetros, conectando nações e continentes    
What's Geni? Endorsements Global Issues Library Policy Projects Support GENI
Add news to your site >>







About Us

Look, It's the Green Hornet! Navy to Test Biofuels in F-18 Fighter Jet

Aug 18, 2009 - Matthew McDermott - Alternative Energy

F/A-18 Super hornet
photo: Wikipedia

By this time next year, the US Navy will have commenced biofuel tests on one of its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets. A request for proposal for some 40,000 gallons of JP-5 aviation biofuel was just issued. No word on what feedstocks will be used in that fuel yet, other than the stipulation that no food crops are used:

Biofuel to be Mixed 50-50 with Petro-fuel
Jatropha, camelina and algae are all in the running says the Navy's Rick Kamin, but whatever the exact feedstock mix -- that will be determined by whatever company is awarded the contract, expected to happen later this month -- the fuel will be mixed 50-50 with petroleum-based jet fuel in these tests.

Prior to flight test, ground tests on the Super Hornet's engine will take place at a General Electric facility later this year. These test will consume 18,000 gallons of the aviation biofuel.

Biofuels Digest points out that based on the carrier-based Super Hornet's fuel consumption, the flight tests will cover at least 15,000 miles of air time.

More: US Navy

Aviation Biofuels
Confirmed: Biofuels Better Than Fossil Fuels in Jet Engines - Scaling Them Up is the Major Problem
New Algae-Based Aviation Fuel Passes Key ASTM Tests for Jet Fuel
84% Reduction in Jet Fuel Carbon Emissions Possible Using Camelina, New Analysis Shows



OVER VIEW



Updated: 2016/06/30

If you speak another language fluently and you liked this page, make a contribution by translating it! For additional translations check out FreeTranslation.com (Voor vertaling van Engels tot Nederlands) (For oversettelse fra Engelsk til Norsk)
(Для дополнительных переводов проверяют FreeTranslation.com )