LanzaTech and Virgin Atlantic Develop Jet Fuel from Industrial Waste Gas
September 21, 2016http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/11037/lanzatech_partners_with_virgin_atlantic_to_
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Low-carbon fuel specialist LanzaTech has produced jet fuel from waste gases for Virgin Atlantic. The company calls their jet fuel ‘Lanzanol'. LanzaTech has been working with Virgin to produce the world's first jet fuel derived from industrial waste gases from steel mills via a fermentation process.
The Lanzanol was produced in China at the Shougang demonstration facility. The alcohol-to-jet fuel process was developed in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and funding from HSBC.
The LanzaTech jet fuel could be used in a "proving flight" in 2017. The two companies will then continue to work with Boeing and other industry colleagues to complete the testing required before approving the fuel for commercial aircraft use. Following a successful ‘proving flight', the data collected will enable the partnership to seek approval to use the fuel on routine commercial flights.
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