News, facts, and comments on the coming revolution for piston-engine aircraft.
News of January 10, 2010
This paper gives a good forecast on the incidence of biofuel on JetA. It foresees $3.20/gallon in 2020 for a fuel containing 50% biofuel. Brazil to become a big supplier? I personally doubt that Brazil alone can fill the gap for other reasons: intelligent use of their cultivated land. But other countries may address that market too... Click on the link to read more. This may affect future aero diesel engines because we don't know yet what will be the Cetane rating of such a fuel. Cetane rating measures the speed at which a diesel fuel will burn once ignition has been triggered by compression.
posted at 12:05 AM
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