Green Options » Michigan Tech http://greenoptions.com/tag/michigan-tech Posts tagged 'Michigan Tech' Tue, 05 May 2009 16:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Study Shows Camelina-Derived Renewable Jet Fuel Reduces Carbon Emissions 84% http://gas2.org/2009/05/05/data-shows-camelina-derived-biojet-fuel-reduces-carbon-emissions-84/ http://gas2.org/2009/05/05/data-shows-camelina-derived-biojet-fuel-reduces-carbon-emissions-84/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 16:48:05 +0000 Dalton Wignall http://gas2.org/2009/05/05/data-shows-camelina-derived-biojet-fuel-reduces-carbon-emissions-84/ Renewable fuels company Sustainable Oils shared the results of a life-cycle analysis of jet fuel created from proprietary Camelina seeds. According to the study, renewable jet-fuel made from Camelina reduces carbon emissions by 84% percent compared to the petroleum-based counterpart.

A team at Michigan Tech University based their research on Camelina grown in Montana and then processed into bio-jet fuel using “UOP hydroprocessing technology”. Next generation biofuels are true hydrocarbons and in the molecular aspect are indistinguishable from fossil fuels, which makes Camelina oil a good candidate to quickly reduce carbon emissions produced by aviation.

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