A cheap and efficient fuel that will propel a jet or a plane has already been in constant question ever since eternity. Until now, people do not know if a plane can be propelled by using biodiesel turbine fuel kerosene. The reason for this is the amount of petroleum based fuel that may be saved if biodiesel turbine fuel kerosene is used. The amount of diesel or fuel used by aircrafts are gigantic in comparison to normal vehicles such as trucks, cars, and buses. It is therefore necessary to find alternative means of supporting aircraft fuel needs without having to depend on petroleum and one of the most promising alternative is the biodiesel turbine fuel kerosene.
Biodiesel turbine fuel kerosene is a combination of mineral diesel that came from animal and plant fats. It is called fatty acid methyl or in short, FAME. This is because the raw material used for biodiesel fuel is blended with methyl or glycerol. Biodiesel is not commonly used in its pure for, but in blends with pure petroleum diesel. The names if the biodiesel blends are aptly called based on the percentage of the blend. If a blend is made up of 20% biodiesel fuel and 80% petroleum diesel, it is called B20. If the percentage is 40%, it is called B40, and so on.
Accordingly, biodiesel is effective when used in aircrafts. However, diesel that is made f petroleum is much more reliable in performance than biodiesel fuel. Obviously, no one will take the risk to put the lives of the pilot and the aircraft passengers at risk. As of the moment, biodiesel turbine fuel kerosene cannot be used for aircrafts fully. Not yet.
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