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Synthetic and biomass alternate fueling in aviation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hendricks, R. C. Bushnell, D. M. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | Worldwide, aviation alone uses 85 to 95 billion gallons of nonrenewable fossil fuel per year (2008). General transportation fueling can accommodate several different fuels; however, aviation fuels have very specific requirements. Biofuels have been flight demonstrated, are considered renewable, have the capacity to become "drop-in" replacements for Jet-A fuel, and solve the CO2 climate change problem. The major issue is cost; current biomass biofuels are not economically competitive. Biofuel feedstock sources being researched are halophytes, algae, cyanobacteria, weeds-to-crops, wastes with contingent restraints on use of crop land, freshwater, and climate change. There are five major renewable energy sources: solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind, drilled geothermal and biomass, each of which have an order of magnitude greater capacity to meet all energy needs. All five address aspects of climate change; biomass has massive potential as an energy fuel feedstock. |
| File Size | 444259 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090039500 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4cp2399k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2009-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Climate Change Photovoltaic Cells Renewable Energy Aircraft Fuels Algae Bacteria Fossil Fuels Farm Crops Biomass Fuels Refueling Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |