Dehra Dun: Based on pilot plant studies of a state-of-the-art process developed by the Indian Institute of Petroleum here, a unit in a refinery is being revamped to yield 40,000 tonnes a year of bio-aviation turbine fuel at competitive rates. It will be blended with fossil jet fuel for running commercial flights. M.O. Garg, Director of the Institute said that under the recently developed process, renewable aviation fuel was produced from Jatropha curcas oil through a non-noble metal catalyst.
Read news in full 02/03/14 C.K. Chandramohan/The Hindu
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