1 May 2013
Details
announced the delivery of 100 gallons of
bio-based jet fuel to
the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
for testing purposes.
Product testing will begin at Wright Patterson Air Force Base
to validate Virent's jet fuel
against the standards required
for validation and approval of
new aviation turbine fuels established by
the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
The validation includes
* fit-for-purpose
* fuel system and
* combustor rig testing
About Virent's bio-based jet fuel
- The jet fuel was produced at a new
Virent demonstration plant
built to produce drop-in jet and diesel fuels
from 100 % renewable plant sugars.
- The plant was constructed at Virent's facility in
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
under a $ 1.5 Million award received in 2011 from
the Federation Aviation Administration and
U.S. Department of Transportation through
the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
and commisssioned in January.
- It has capacity to
produce 5,000 total gallons of fuel per year.
- Design, Engineering, Construction were performed in-house
by Virent employees.
- This is the second operating demonstration plant built by Virent.
- Its Madison facility also houses a 10,000 gallon per year system
that is optimized to produce gasoline and aromatic chemicals.
- Strategic partners of Virent includes
Cargill, Coca-Cola, Honda and Shell.
Virent
- The successful operation of the new distillate demonstration plant
and the validation of Virent's plant-based jet fuel will advance
the efforts
* to achieve the ASTM-certified jet fuel and
* to prepare for commercial scaling.
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