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Published on September 30th, 2008

Waste Grease to Jet Fuel

by Jennifer Berry

Want to do something better with your waste grease and plant oil, like power a plane?  A new technology from the University of North Dakota (UND) has the potential to do just that.

The Energy and Environment Research Center (EERC) at UND has created the first 100 percent renewable jet fuel, which passed JP-8 specifications for domestic fuel, including freeze point, density, flash point and energy among others.

Fuel samples recently tested were created through a feedstock-flexible process, utilizing substances such as crop oils and waste greases.  Because of its flexibility, the process can be altered to produce propane, gasoline, jet fuel and diesel that are identical to fuel produced from petroleum sources.

The fuel was produced through a $4.7 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, under the U.S. Department of Defense, the country’s largest consumer of petroleum.

For more energy news, visit Earth 911’s Energy news archive.

Jennifer Berry

Jennifer Berry

Jennifer Berry is the Assistant Editor of Earth911.com.

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