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Honeywell’s UOP green jet fuel technology powers biofuel demonstration flight for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

From Green Right Now Reports

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its renewable jet fuel technology was used to convert second-generation, renewable feedstocks to green jet fuel for a biofuel demonstration flight by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

UOP’s process was used to convert oil from camelina, an inedible plant, to green jet fuel for the flight. One engine of a Boeing 747 was powered by a fuel mixture consisting of a 50/50 mix of the green jet fuel and traditional petroleum-derived jet fuel.

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