The short answer is no. Yes is just a little longer than no. Let me know if you have any other language questions. I do have three degrees in English and am always glad to help.
Alan Petrillo wrote: >Greg and April wrote: > > > >>The short answer is no. >> >> >> >> > >The short answer is _yes_. Baylor University did some testing with B20 >in their Beech King Air 90, and found that it did just fine. > >The report was available at the biodiesel.org website for a while, but I >can't find it just now. A Google search of the site produced this: >http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/reportsdatabase/reports/gen/19981001_gen-106.pdf > >Purdue University also did some testing on aviation fuel, and the report >is available here: >http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/reportsdatabase/reports/gen/19950601_gen-144.pdf > >Keep in mind, turbines are, almost by definition, multifuel engines. As >long as it doesn't overheat their burn units turbines don't care what >they're running on. You should see the list of alternate fuels for the >OH-58 scout helicopters I flew in the Army! > > > >>The long answer is, BioDiesel does not have to BTU's of jet fuel >> >> >> > >No, it doesn't have the specific heat of jet fuel, but it's close enough >that it makes little difference operationally. > > > >>( jet fuel >>is a highly refined cozen to jet fuel with allot of BTU's per gal ), >> >> >> > >Did you by any chance mean "kerosene"? > >Jet-A is high grade kerosene. Keep in mind, kerosene comes in many >flavors, and jet fuel is only one of them. > > > >>nor >>does it have the ability to take the low temperatures that jet fuel would >>encounter at altitude. >> >> >> >> > >This could be taken care of with a properly effective antigel agent. > > > >>These things are workable, but, then you have to carry more fuel, and less >>cargo, and heated fuel tanks and fuel lines. This adds weight and costs >>to every aircraft, that is unacceptable. >> >> >> > >Many aircraft already have fuel heaters in their fuel lines to prevent >fuel icing. The real problem is to prevent the fuel gelling in the >tanks. Some heat already gets into the fuel tanks in many airliners >because they use the fuel tanks as a heat sink for the airconditioning >systems. I think only a good antigel agent would solve this completely, >though. > > > >>Jet travel is also one of the >>least efficient forms of transportation there is. >> >> >> > >That depends on how you look at it. If you consider it in terms of >passenger seat miles per gallon then it comes out around 24mpg, IIRC, >which beats most SUV's. > >I did have a link to an article which went into this much more in depth, >but I have lost it. > >Don't forget, in the airline industry fuel efficiency means profits. > > > >>Using biodiesel would >>only make it more inefficient. >> >> >> >> > >Maybe. But at least it would be using less petroleum. > > >AP > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
