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USAF Begins Testing Biofuel-Jet Fuel Blends In Engine Certification Program

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Friday, July 2nd, 2010

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By Eric Lindeman Supporting the bio-fuels certification effort for the F110 jet engine, the Air Force has begun performance testing using a 50-50 blend of JP-8 jet fuel and a biofuel made from camelina oil. Testing of the engine, which powers the F-16 aircraft, is being conducted at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) at Arnold AFB, Tenn. It will simulate the overall engine conditions experienced in the full range of flight conditions, ignition light-off, throttle transients, augmenter lights, sequencing and…

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