Aircraft firms set to turn ‘gutter oil’ into biofuel
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BOEING and the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) yesterday opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil into sustainable aviation biofuel.
The two companies estimate that the Hangzhou-based facility — China-US Aviation Biofuel Pilot Project — is able to produce 500 million gallons of biofuel in China annually from the used “gutter oil.”
Boeing and COMAC are sponsoring the facility which uses a technology developed by Hangzhou Energy & Engineering Technology Co to clean contaminants from waste oils and convert it into jet fuel at a rate of 160 gallons per day. The project’s goal is to assess the technical feasibility and cost of producing higher volumes of biofuel, Boeing said.
“We will continue to work with Boeing in energy conservation and emission reduction areas to promote the sustainable development of the aviation industry,” said Wang Guangqiu, vice president of COMAC’s Beijing Aeronautical Science & Technology Research Institute.
Biofuel produced by the facility will meet international specifications approved in 2011 for jet fuel made from plant oils and animal fats. This type of biofuel has already been used on more than 1,600 commercial flights.
Sustainably produced biofuel will cut carbon emissions by 50-80 percent compared with petroleum.
Boeing and COMAC have been collaborating since 2012 in China’s commercial aviation industry. The Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center in Beijing works with Chinese universities and research institutions on aviation biofuel.
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