Sentences with phrase «from camelina»

A similar study by Michigan Technological University sponsored by UOP found that jet biofuel from camelina could reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by as much as 84 percent and be grown in rotation with wheat crops.

Because the process makes a blend of hydrocarbons, it does not lack the aromatic compounds that seal aircraft engines, like the biojet fuel produced from camelina oil by UOP.

In a push toward greener fuels, the Air Force has modified some of these jets to fly on a biofuel derived from camelina, a relative of the mustard plant.

The biofuel came from the camelina plant, a member of the mustard family.

Not exact matches

Bio-jet fuels derived from oil - rich feedstocks, such as camelina and algae, have been successfully tested in proof of concept flights.

As the company has demonstrated elsewhere in the world, it is possible to make jet fuel from plant oils — whether they come from jatropha seeds, the flowering weed camelina or any other oil - producing plant.

This past March, an A-10 Thunderbolt II streaked across the sky near an Ohio Air Force base, powered by a 50 - 50 blend of standard jet fuel and biofuel made from a plant called camelina.

In the first study of camelina's bioactive properties, Berhow isolated four major components — three glucosinolates and the flavonoid quercetin — from its defatted seed meal.

AltAir does better by sourcing its bio — jet fuel from oil seed — bearing plants, like camelina, but that limits the amount that can be planted in rotation with food crops like wheat given constraints on the amount of land available for the latter.

Jet fuels derived from algae, camelina and jatropha — plants that pack an energy punch, are not eaten as food and do not displace food crops — could be approved and replacing petroleum fuels in commercial flights as early as next year, a Boeing executive said yesterday.

Tom Todaro, CEO of Targeted Growth, a molecular biology firm that tweaks camelina and algae genes to create productive feedstocks, said algae is eight to 10 years away from production, whereas camelina is ready now.

So I went to a goat cheese booth, where a cute man from Redwood Hill Farm in Sonoma County, Calif., sold me some local camelina cheese.

Minimize resources directed at testing and certification of hydrotreated renewable oils, including oils derived from seed crops (e.g., camelina) and algae.