According to the Boeing news May 27, 2010, Boeing (NYSE: BA) and PetroChina,
together with representatives of the Chinese energy sector and the global
aviation industry, announced the signing of an agreement to evaluate
establishing a sustainable aviation biofuels industry in China.
The Strategic assessments are as the follow:
"Boeing is actively pursuing biofuel research around the world," said Boeing
China President David Wang. "Sustainable biofuels can help reduce carbon
emissions while offering the potential to lessen aviation's dependence on fossil
fuels. Through these agreements China, its aviation sector and its leadership
are demonstrating tremendous drive in the quest to develop a clean, sustainable
aviation fuel supply."
Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Research & Technology, the
company's advanced central research, technology and innovation organization, are
working with global airlines, academia, leading environmental organizations and
industry to develop a renewable aviation fuel supply. Sustainable biofuel
development is a key element of aviation's strategy for lowering carbon
emissions. Potential plant sources being considered are only ones that don't
distort the global food-chain, compete with fresh water resources or lead to
unintended land use change. For more information on Boeing's sustainable biofuel
development initiatives, please visit www.newairplane.com/environment
or www.SAFUG.org.
For information: You may contact to the following:
Contact: Yukui Wang
Boeing China Communications
+86 10 5925 5588
Terrance Scott
Boeing Environmental Communications
+1-206-766-2949
Tom Koehler
Boeing Research & Technology
Communications
+1-425-373-2921
www.boeing.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In such Global Climate Change urgency cases,
Algae is more recommended by the scientists and Environmentalists. It is the environmental support for the eco-environment system.
Algae can be used to make biodiesel, bioethanol and biobutanol and by some
estimates can produce vastly superior amounts of vegetable oil, compared to
terrestrial crops grown for the same purpose.
While a number of bio-feedstock are currently being
experimented for biodiesel (and ethanol ) production, algae have emerged as one
of the most promising sources especially for biodiesel production, for two main
reasons and Third may be included as the following:
Of course, why biofuel? Extracting and burning fossil fuels increases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Biofuels are the only fuel type where the source (a plant) absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere, helping to offset the emissions produced when they are consumed, and moving us closer to carbon neutrality.
The largest and most complex marine forms are called seaweeds. They are photosynthetic, like plants, and "simple" because they lack the many distinct organs found in land plants. see below:
However, the research shows that algae biodiesel is
not new, the current oil crises and fast depleting fossil oil reserves have made
it more imperative for organizations and countries to invest more time and
efforts into research on suitable renewable feedstock such as algae.
Just by way of history, petroleum is widely believed to have had its origins
in kerogen, which is easily converted to an oily substance under conditions of
high pressure and temperature. Kerogen is formed from algae, biodegraded organic
compounds, plankton, bacteria, plant material, etc., by biochemical and/or
chemical reactions such as diagenesis and catagenesis. Several studies have been
conducted to simulate petroleum formation by pyrolysis. Although algae grown in CO2-enriched air can yield oil
that can be converted into biodiesel. Algae can contribute to solving
two major problems:
air pollution resulting from CO2 evolution, and future
crises due to a shortage of energy sources.
USDA's Economic Research Service shows that there are 450 million acres of land is used for growing crops which the majority of that actually being used for producing animal feed for the meat industry. Another 580 million acres is used for grassland pasture and range. However, the research report shows that there is important concerns about wide-scale development of biodiesel may be created problem which may displace croplands currently used for food crops. Algae are also found in other situations,
such as on snow and on exposed rocks in symbiosis with a fungus as lichen. There are other Boeing Biofuels like hydrofuel. See below movies for biofuels
Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of
commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing
designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles,
satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems.
As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and
International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and
commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90
countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of
sales.
Sources:
Boeing News
Algae fuelsystems
Boeing Vio Fuel Resource Center
Youtube
wikipedia
 |
Reported
by catch4all.com, Sandra Englund, May 28, 2010
|
