I-Airbus yenze inqwelomoya yokuqala eyi-A380 exhaswa yi-100% iSustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Inqwelo-moya yovavanyo ye-Airbus' A380 i-MSN 1 induluke kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya saseBlagnac, eToulouse, eFransi ngo-08h43 ngoLwesihlanu wama-25 kaMatshi. Inqwelomoya yathatha malunga neeyure ezintathu, isebenza enye injini yeRolls-Royce Trent 900 kwi-100% SAF.
Iitoni ezingama-27 ezingaxutywanga IFuel yoKuhamba ngeenqwelomoya eZinzileyo zibonelelwe yiTotal Energies kule nqwelomoya. I-SAF eveliswe eNormandy, kufutshane ne-Le Havre, eFransi, yenziwe nge-Hydroprocessed Esters kunye ne-Fatty Acids (HEFA), ayinayo aromatics kunye ne-Sulfur, kwaye ibandakanya i-oyile yokupheka esele isetyenzisiwe, kunye namanye amanqatha enkunkuma. Inqwelomoya yesibini, enenqwelomoya efanayo, icwangciselwe ukuba ihambe ukusuka eToulouse ukuya kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNice, ngomhla wama-29 kweyoKwindla ukuvavanya ukusetyenziswa kwe-SAF ngexesha lokunduluka nokuhla.
Le sesithathu Airbus uhlobo lwenqwelomoya oluza kubhabha nge-100% SAF kwisithuba seenyanga ezili-12; eyokuqala yayiyi-Airbus A350 ngoMatshi ka-2021 ilandelwa yinqwelomoya ye-A319neo enendlela enye ngo-Okthobha ka-2021.
Ukwandiswa kokusetyenziswa kwe-SAF kuseyindlela engundoqo yokuphumeza umnqweno weshishini wokukhupha i-net-zero carbon ekhutshwayo ngowama-2050. Iinkcukacha-manani eziphambili ezichazwe kwiNgxelo yeNdlela yowama-2050 zibonisa ukuba i-SAF inokuba negalelo eliphakathi kwe-53% kunye ne-71% yokunciphisa ikhabhoni efunekayo.
Zonke iinqwelomoya ze-Airbus okwangoku ziqinisekisiwe ukuba zibhabha kunye nomxube we-50% we-SAF oxutywe ne-kerosene. Injongo kukufumana isiqinisekiso se-100% se-SAF ekupheleni kwale minyaka ilishumi.
Inqwelo-moya ye-A380 esetyenziswe ngexesha lovavanyo yinqwelomoya efanayo esandula kutyhilwa njenge-Airbus 'ZEROe Demonstrator - itekhnoloji ebhabhayo yovavanyo lwetekhnoloji yexesha elizayo eluncedo ekuziseni inqwelomoya yokuqala yehlabathi ye-zero-emission kwintengiso ngo-2035.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- A second flight, with the same aircraft, is scheduled to take place from Toulouse to Nice Airport, on the 29 March to test the use of SAF during take-off and landing.
- The SAF produced in Normandy, close to Le Havre, France, was made from Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA), free of aromatics and Sulphur, and primarily consisting of used cooking oil, as well as other waste fats.
- The aim is to achieve certification of 100% SAF by the end of this decade.
