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  • Air Force to Test Coal-Based Jet Fuel

    09/18/2006 8:49:40 PM PDT · by jdm · 74 replies · 1,425+ views
    Forbes / AP ^ | Sept 19, 2006
    The Air Force is scheduled Tuesday to test a new jet fuel made from coal instead of oil. A B-52 bomber at Edwards Air Force Base in California is expected to take off with two of its eight jet engines burning a 50-50 blend of synthetic and oil-based fuel. Research on the fuel project has been conducted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. The goal is to develop, test and pave the way to commercialize the fuel. The research is focused on the Fischer-Tropsch process for producing synthetic kerosene from coal. The military wants a fuel that works with...