Air France-KLM Flying Use Cooking Oil

European airlines, Air France-KLM, will use cooking oil as fuel for the aircraft from September this year. More than 200 flights from Paris to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, will use cooking oil as fuel.
"In November 2009, we have demonstrated that the technique allows the fly using biokerosin," said Managing Director of Air France-KLM, Camiel Eurlings, as pages loaded physorg.com.
"Now, one and a half years after the trial in Camelina, a new phase has arrived in the world, namely the certification. Authorization be granted to commercial flight operations by using biofuels."
Importantly, the use of cooking oil can not be compromised with aircraft safety. Cooking oil must be purified in advance, so having the exact same specifications with ordinary kerosene.
One of the advantages of using cooking oil is an aircraft does not need to be modified to use this renewable fuel.
Fuel that can dynamically generate this biofuel can come from various sources, including animal fats, vegetable oils, tall oil (a byproduct from the processing of pine trees and wood pulp or paper), and fat.
The idea of ​​the use of biofuels by airlines combined French and Dutch it is a part of their efforts reduce carbon emissions. The International Air Transportation Association has set a target in 2007 and to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from air travel in 2050 to come.
It is unclear what percentage of biofuels to be used in the airline Air France-KLM this. But during the trial in 2009 ago, a mixture of 50:50 has been successfully tested in a single engine Boeing 747.
However Eurling said the issue price is still a major barrier to using 100 percent biofuel.
"The cost of using biofuels need to be reduced substantially and permanently. This can be achieved through innovation, collaboration, and legislation that encourage the use of biofuels in the aviation industry, but in honest competition," said Eurlings.

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