Blended Biodiesel

In news:

• As part of efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to fly an AN-32 transport aircraft modified to operate on 10% blended biodiesel for 200 flight hours in the next six months.

More on the news:

• The IAF AN-32 took flight on biodiesel blended with aviation turbine fuel (ATF).
• The biofuel was extracted from Jatropha plant seeds using a technology patented by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
• The plan is eventually to expand the usage of aviation turbine fuel blended with biodiesel to all fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft through evaluation and certification.
• Such usage has the dual benefit of reducing carbon footprint as well reducing the usage of fossil fuels, which will also result in savings for the IAF.

Extra reading:

• Biofuels: https://www.ilearncana.com/details/Biofuels/1061
• Ethanol blending: https://www.ilearncana.com/details/Ethanol-Blending/3222