Jatropha Plant’s Oil as Jet Fuel
Written by WTJ on June 10, 2008 – 5:38 pm -
Air New Zealand hoped to use jatropha oil for 10% of its needs by 2013. Poisonous Central American shrub, Jatropha, was studied by scientists to turn the extracted oil into jet fuel. Tee jatropha oil was significantly cheaper than the skyrocket crude oil. The jatropha oil was estimated $43 per barrel, and there were no side effects of other biofuels (such as deforestation, ethanol production, etc.). The shrub could be grown in difficult environment, as it did not require much water and fertilizer. Jet-engine maker Rolls-Royce will made one of the four engines compatible with jatropha biofuel. Air New Zealand will test flight from fields in southeastern Africa and India.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 am
What are the special characteristic of CJO (Crude jatropha Oil)to be developed as the Jet fuel.
Will the price of CJO be more expensive than any other vegetable oil like CPO(Crude PalmOil),Rapeseed oil,Soya oild etc.
What must be the prices of future CJO benchmark to any otehr vegetable oil using as fuel purpose.