I-Boeing kunye neqela elivela kulo lonke ushishino lwezophapho namhlanje likhuphe izinto ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu lophononongo olubonisa ukuba i-biofuels ezinzileyo ehlalutywe kuthotho lweenqwelomoya zovavanyo lobuvulindlela zisebenze kakuhle xa kuthelekiswa nepetroleum-based fuel.
Ngokophononongo, uVavanyo lwe-Bio-Derived Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (Bio-SPK), uthotho lwelebhu, umhlaba, kunye novavanyo lwenqwelomoya oluqhutywe phakathi ko-2006 no-2009 lubonise ukuba amayeza ovavanyo enziwe kunye okanye angcono kuneJet ye-petroleum-based. A. Uvavanyo luquka iindidi ezininzi zeenjini zenqwelomoya zorhwebo ezisebenzisa imixube ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50 yepesenti yepetroleum-based Jet A/Jet A-1 fuel kunye ne-50 pesenti yebiofuels ezinzileyo.
Ukongeza, uphononongo lubonise i-Bio-SPK imixube yamafutha esetyenziswe kwinkqubo yovavanyo lwenqwelomoya edibene okanye yadlula zonke iiparitha zobugcisa kumafutha eenqwelomoya zejethi yorhwebo. Loo migangatho ibandakanya indawo yokukhenkceza, indawo yokukhenkceza, ukuxinana kwamafutha, kunye ne-viscosity, phakathi kwabanye.
Uvavanyo lubonise ukuba ukusebenzisa i-Bio-SPK i-fuel blends yayingenayo imiphumo emibi kwiinjini okanye kumacandelo abo. Bakwabonise ukuba amafutha anomthamo omkhulu wamandla ngobunzima kune-petroleum-derived jet fuel, enokuthi icuthe ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha ngemayile nganye. Amafutha e-jet ahlaziyekayo avela kwimithombo ye-bio-derived acatshangelwa ngenxa yokukwazi ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwe-carbon dioxide (CO2).
"Ezi ziziphumo ezivuyisa kakhulu," utshilo uBill Glover, umlawuli olawulayo weSicwangciso soBuchule sokuSingqongileyo kwiinqwelomoya zeBoeing Commercial. "Wonke umntu kwiqela - kunye nakulo lonke ishishini - usebenza nzima ukwenza i-biofuels ezinzileyo isisombululo sangempela sokunciphisa i-carbon footprint ye-aviation, kwaye ezi ziphumo zisisondeza kuloo njongo."
Ingxelo ivunyiwe nguBoeing; umphuhlisi wetekhnoloji yamafutha e-UOP, inkampani ye-Honeywell; abenzi beenjini i-GE Aviation; I-CFM yamazwe ngamazwe; uPratt & Whitney; iRolls-Royce kunye neHoneywell; kunye neenqwelo moya Air New Zealand (ANZ), Continental Airlines (CAL), Japan Airlines (JAL), kunye Virgin Atlantic. Iinqwelomoya zokuvavanya zibandakanya i-ANZ 747-400 exhaswa yi-injini ye-Rolls-Royce, i-CAL 737-800 eqhutywa ziinjini ze-CFM, kunye ne-JAL 747-300 eqhutywa yi-Pratt & Whitney injini. Ukongeza, i-GE yenza uvavanyo lwe-static kwiziko layo lase-Ohio. I-Virgin Atlantic ibonakalise ukusebenza kobugcisa be-biofuels kwindawo ephezulu kunye novavanyo lokubhabha ekuqaleni kuka-2008.
Inqwelomoya nganye yovavanyo isebenzise umxube owahlukileyo wemithombo ye-biofuel: indiza ye-Air New Zealand isebenzise amafutha asuka kwi-jatropha; inqwelo moya yelizwekazi isebenzise umxube wamafutha asekelwe kwijatropha kunye nealgae; kunye nendiza ye-JAL isebenzise umxube we-jatropha, i-algae, kunye ne-camelina-based fuels.
Ngamanyathelo alandelayo, i-Boeing, ngokubambisana ne-UOP kunye ne-US Air Force Research Laboratory, ilungiselela ingxelo yophando olubanzi ukuze ifakwe kwi-ASTM International Aviation Fuel Committee kamva kulo nyaka. Ingxelo iza kuxhasa iinzame zokufumana imvume yokusebenzisa amafutha e-Bio-SPK ukuya kutsho kumdibaniso wama-50 ekhulwini ukuxhasa iinjongo zoshishino ukukhawulezisa ukufumaneka nokusetyenziswa.
I-Aviation isebenza ukuphucula ukusebenza kokusingqongileyo kuyo yonke imiba yenqwelomoya kunye nokusebenza komhlaba. Ukuxhasa iinjongo ze-fuel ezivuselelweyo zolu shishino, i-Boeing kunye neqela leenqwelomoya ezihamba phambili, imibutho yokusingqongileyo, kunye neenkokheli zetekhnoloji yepetroli zinceda ukukhawulezisa uphuhliso kunye nokuthengiswa kwamafutha eenqwelomoya amatsha azinzileyo aphuma kwimithombo ye-biomass. Ngokusebenzisa iQela laBasebenzisi beZibaso zoPhapho oluZinzileyo, basebenza ngokudibeneyo ukuqhuba iindlela zozinzo kwisixokelelwano sonikezelo lwamafutha lwexesha elizayo lwezophapho.
