Posted on 04/01/2022 12:34:05 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Airbus A380 recently completed its first flight on 100 percent sustainable fuelAirbus VIEW 1 IMAGES
As part of a broader push on part of the aviation industry to reduce its carbon footprint, Airbus has conducted the first ever flight of its giant A380 jumbo jet using 100 percent biofuel. This is the third Airbus aircraft to fly using the sustainable fuel made up of primarily cooking oil, as the company works to certify the technology by the end of the decade.
The aircraft featured in the groundbreaking flight is the Airbus ZEROe Demonstrator, an A380 adapted for use as a flying testbed and one the company plans to also use to test out hydrogen combustion jet engines.
For this particular outing, the aircraft was loaded up with 27 tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), made mostly with cooking oil and waste fats. This powered the A380's Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine across a three-hour test flight out of the Blagnac Airport in Toulouse France on March 28, with a second flight then carrying it all the way to Nice Airport on March 29.
This demonstration follows successful flights of the Airbus A350 and the Airbus A319neo single-aisle plane using SAF last year. Using the biofuel to now power the world's largest passenger jet marks another step forward for the testing program, as Airbus aspires to bring the world's first zero-emission aircraft to market by 2035.
Airbus isn't alone in pursuing cleaner aviation with the help of cooking oil. Way back in 2012, Boeing made the first biofuel-powered Pacific crossing in its 787 Dreamliner using a mix of regular jet fuel and fuel derived mainly from cooking oil. In 2014, it even opened up a biofuel production plant in China based to ensure a consistent supply.
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Good Grief!
Full tanks for a 3 hour flight? Did I read that right?
That is some lousy fuel mileage.
There is a fungus that grows in diesel fuels. There us an additive we used in Jet-A called Prist that is supposed to prevent the growth.
I’ve had my tractor fuel line plugged up with the junk after it sat for like a year or two.
What is diesel fuel fungus?
What is diesel bug? Diesel bug is a single microorganism or a consortium (group) of microorganisms that grow on fuels. It includes bacteria, filamentous moulds and yeasts. They feed on the hydrocarbons in the fuel and create biomass, biofilms and damaging by-products.
Thanks for letting me know.
Give me Boeing, or I ain’t going.
“ they even opened up a biofuel production plant in China based to ensure a consistent supply.”
What could go wrong?
Say what? Note to Boeing: this kind of thinking hasn't worked out very well for Germany.
But just think of all those Chinese Restaurants there!..............
First Rule of Civilization:
DO NOT BURN YOUR FOOD FOR FUEL....................
Boeing is not not what it used to be since moving corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago.
Just think of ALL those Chinese restaurants! They will never run out of materials!...............
I was somewhere out west and needed diesel fuel. All that was available was biofuel.
It ran well with no problem.
It will run in most instances, but it must be CLEAN diesel with all glycerin removed to be used in MODERN PIEZO ELECTRIC INJECTORS, else it will clog up and you will have a huge repair bill.
Old MECHANICAL injectors, pre-millennium, it doesn’t matter, it will work either way.
So, be aware of the source of the biodiesel...........
That was a onetime occurrence. For a while in my 16 year ownership, the pumps here all said may be bio added. That has gone away now
I have often wondered why a Diesel-Electric hybrid wasn’t the standard.
All modern locomotives work this way. Diesel-electric hybrids have been around for many decades in the railroad industry, and the biggest mfr of all was General Motors!..............
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