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Japan Airlines first Asian airline to test biofuel derived mainly from camelina plant
. Japan Airlines will carry out a flight test on Jan. 30 of a Boeing 747-300 airliner fitted with a Pratt & Whitney engine using a 50 percent blend of a biofuel derived mainly from camelina, a plant in the mustard family. JAL will power one of the airliner's four Pratt & Whitney engines with the biofuel blended at 50 percent with a conventional jet fuel based on kerosene. The biofuel also contains oil derived from algae and Jatropha, a plant. During the flight the engine will be cut in midair and then restarted for experimental purposes.
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December 18, 2008 Related Entries - Green Energy Related Entries - Transport
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Japan Airlines first Asian airline to test biofuel derived mainly from camelina plant
. Japan Airlines will carry out a flight test on Jan. 30 of a Boeing 747-300 airliner fitted with a Pratt & Whitney engine using a 50 percent blend of a biofuel derived mainly from camelina, a plant in the mustard family. JAL will power one of the airliner's four Pratt & Whitney engines with the biofuel blended at 50 percent with a conventional jet fuel based on kerosene. The biofuel also contains oil derived from algae and Jatropha, a plant. During the flight the engine will be cut in midair and then restarted for experimental purposes.
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