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Author(s): |
Zhiming Chen, Department of Thermal Energy Engineering, Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Rd., Haidian District,Beijing, P. R. China
Xiaoyi Yang, Department of Thermal Energy Engineering, Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Rd., Haidian District,Beijing, P. R. China
Zhijun Peng, School of Engineering and Design, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QT, UK |
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Abstract: |
Alternative fuels for aviation refer to aviation jet fuels produced by non-liquid fossil fuels and biofuels. With the growing shortage in the international oil supply and increasing concern on global environment, people begin to divert attention to the development of new energy, while continue to improve combustion efficiency. For power plants used on aircrafts, it is not easy to develop new engine system due to technical reasons. Most of the current researches in particular those on alternative fuels are basing on existing engine systems without significant modification to the working principles and structure. With an emphasis on sources of raw materials for alternative fuels for aviation and their producing methods, researches about alternative fuels for aviation conducted by the major aviation organizations and institutions and the comprehensive analysis of their conclusions are reviewed in this paper. In addition, relevant technical, economic and social factors of the development of alternative fuels for aviation are analyzed for providing an insight into the performances and development potentials of alterative fuel used in the aviation field.
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