Solazyme creates jet fuel from algae
Well this is fairly amazing. Today, Solazyme announced that is has successfully created aviation fuel from algae. The remarkable thing about this is that this algae fuel can be developed to be used in standard commercial and military jet engines without any modifications.
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In order to do this, the fuel had to pass the ASTM D1655 which tests the density, stability, flashpoint, and freezing point of the fuel. Solazyme’s fuel passed these tests along with a couple more.
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What this means is that the use of algae as a fuel source would allow aviation companies to keep their fleets intact and without any costly modifications. In the future, I suspect that they will develop algae biofuels that can used in a standard car engine as well.
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