S. Korean Defense Agency Develops Palm Oil-based Bio Jet Fuel Production Technique
by Park Sae-jin (AJU Business Daily) South Korea’s state defense research agency has acquired core technologies for the production of palm oil-based bio jet fuel. Through a series of tests, the agency found that the low-carbon renewable fuel could be an alternate fuel source for military and civil jet turbine engines.
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In a four-year research project that began in 2016, the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) controlled by the Defense Ministry has developed techniques to produce five tons of aviation biofuel per year. The agency utilized a highly reactive solid catalyst as well as the deoxidization, disintegration and reconstruction of palm oil substances.
The agency said that the technique was tested to see if produced biofuel meets the requirements of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), a carbon offset and carbon reduction scheme set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2021 to curb the aviation impact on climate.
The technology will accelerate the process of replacing existing petroleum aviation oil without changing the operation condition and structure of existing engines, ADD said, adding its test method can be used to test other types of eco-friendly renewable fuel for civil jet turbine engines. READ MORE