I-Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation iphinde yaqinisekisa ukuzinikela kwayo kuzinzo ngokusebenzisa i-jet fuel ezinzileyo (SAJF) ukunika amandla inqwelomoya eyophula irekhodi ngenqwelomoya yayo eyi-super-midsize Gulfstream G280. Uhambo lwaseSavannah ukuya kuVan Nuys, eKhalifoniya, lwalugubungela iimayile ezingama-2,243 zaselwandle/iikhilomitha ezingama-4,154 ngeeyure ezi-4 nemizuzu engama-49 ngesantya esiqhelekileyo sikaMach 0.85. Ibhabha phakathi kwemimoya ephakathi kwamaqhina angama-76, i-G280 ibonise ukuqhubeka nokusebenza okuphezulu kwenqwelomoya nge-SAJF.
Ingxelo yangoLwesithathu yezixeko ezibini, kunye nenqwelomoya ye-G280 kwiSAJF namhlanje yamalungu eendaba kunye nabanye, yinxalenye yomnyhadala owenzelwe ukukhuthaza ukukhula kunye nokwamkelwa kweSAJF, iiJets zoShishino iFuel Green: Inyathelo eliya kuZinzo, eVan Nuys Isikhululo senqwelomoya.
"I-Gulfstream ibandakanyeke ne-SAJF ukususela ngoJuni 2011, xa i-Gulfstream G450 yaba yijethi yokuqala yoshishino ukuwela i-Atlantiki kwi-fuel blend," kusho uMark Burns, umongameli, uGulfstream. Ukusukela ngoko, sithathe amanyathelo athe kratya ekuxhaseni uzinzo, kubandakanywa ukufumana unikezelo oluzinikeleyo lwe-SAJF kwishishini lethu, umboniso kunye novavanyo lokubhabha. Iinqwelomoya zenkampani yethu sele zibhabha malunga neemayile ezingama-700,000 ze-nautical kwi-SAJF, zonga ngaphezulu kwe-750 yeetoni zeemetric zecarbon dioxide. I-SAJF ayiphucukanga nje kokusingqongileyo, kodwa ukusebenzisa la mafutha kukuseta iirekhodi zesixeko-zibini kuqaqambisa amandla ayo okusebenza.
"Ngoku siphakamisa ukuzibophelela kwethu ngokuzinza ngokuzisa i-SAJF kwindawo yethu eLong Beach."
Phakathi ku-2019, iGulfstream ilindele ukubonelela nge-SAJF kubathengi abasebenzisa indawo yeLong Beach yenkampani. Ikwaceba ukusebenzisa i-SAJF ngenqwelomoya enkulu yokugqibezela iindiza ezisuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iLong Beach.
IGulfstream isebenzise umxube we-30/70 wekhabhoni esezantsi, i-SAJF kunye neJet-A kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla kwikomkhulu layo laseSavannah ukusukela nge2016.
I-Federal Aviation Administration iqinisekisile ukuba i-SAJF ikhuselekile ukuba ingasetyenziswa. Ilingana ngokwemichiza neJet-A yesiqhelo kwaye inika intsebenzo efanayo kunye nemigangatho yokhuseleko. Ilitha nganye yamafutha etshisiweyo ifezekisa ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-50 zokuncitshiswa kokukhutshwa kwegesi ekrwada, ngokunxulumene nepetroleum esekwe kwipetroli, kwisiseko sobomi.
Isicwangciso-qhinga sokuzinza kweGulfstream sinceda ukuxhasa iinjongo zeshishini lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya elisekwe nguMbutho weSizwe wezoPhapho lwezoShishino, uMbutho wabavelisi bezoQeqesho ngokuBanzi kunye neBhunga lezoShishino lwezoPhapho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe. Ukongeza kwinjongo yokukhula okungathathi hlangothi kwe-khabhoni ngo-2020, ekujoliswe kuko kushishino ngokubanzi kubandakanya ukuphuculwa kokusebenza kakuhle kwepetroli kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni dayoksayidi iyonke.
Ilindele ukuvunywa nguMbutho weSizwe weAeronautic Association, i-64th G280-pair-Savannah to Van Nuys - iya kuthunyelwa kwi-Fédération Aéronautique Internationale eSwitzerland ukuze yamkelwe njengerekhodi lehlabathi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Wednesday’s city-pair record, along with a G280 demonstration flight on SAJF today for media members and others, is part of an industry event designed to promote the development and adoption of SAJF, Business Jets Fuel Green.
- “Gulfstream has been involved with SAJF since June 2011, when a Gulfstream G450 became the first business jet to cross the Atlantic on a blend of the fuel,”.
- In addition to the goal of carbon-neutral growth by 2020, the industry-wide targets include an improvement in fuel efficiency and reduction in total carbon dioxide emissions.
