Boeing and Etihad Airways concluded testing on the aerospace company’s 2020 ecoDemonstrator program last week with a cross-country flight using a 50/50 blend of sustainable and traditional jet fuel.
Ukundiza kusuka eSeattle kuya endaweni yokukhiqiza kaBoeing eSouth Carolina, i-Etihad entsha engu-787-10 Dreamliner isebenzise inhlanganisela kaphethiloli esimeme kakhulu evunyelwe ukundiza kwezentengiso. Indiza edabula amazwekazi ibuye ikhombise indlela entsha yokuthi abashayeli bezindiza, abalawuli bezindiza kanye nezikhungo zokusebenza kwezindiza bakwazi ukuxhumana ngasikhathi sinye nokwenza ngcono umzila.
UMohammad Al Bulooki, oyi-Chief Operating Officer ye-Etihad Aviation Group uthe: “Ngokubambisana neBoeing kanye nabalingani bezindiza bezindiza abasimeme kuzwelonke i-World Energy ne-EPIC, i-Etihad isebenzise amalitha angu-50,000 50 enhlanganisela ka-50/787 kaphethiloli wezindiza osimeme endizeni yokugcina ye-ecoDemonstrator yethu Ukuhlolwa kwezindiza okungu-10-50. Lesi isinyathelo esinqophileko phambili sokuthi umkhakha ukhombise ukusebenza kokukhiqiza inhlanganisela ka-50/XNUMX kaphethiloli wezindiza osimeme [SAF] ngomthamo omkhulu, umzuzu obalulekile embonini. ”
U-Al Bulooki wengeze wathi: “Lesi yisibonelo esivelele sokusebenzisana kwezimboni maqondana nokundiza okusimeme nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Ukusebenzisana kuka-Etihad noBoeing ohlelweni lwe-ecoDemonstrator kube yithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuhola umkhankaso wemboni yezindiza ngekusasa elizinzile. ”
Uhlelo lweBoeing lwe-ecoDemonstrator luthatha ubuchwepheshe obuthembisayo ebhukhwini bese lubahlola emoyeni ukusheshisa ukuqamba. Uhlelo lwalo nyaka luhlolisise amaphrojekthi amane ukwehlisa ukungcola nomsindo nokuthuthukisa ukuphepha nempilo yabagibeli nabasebenzi. Zonke izindiza zokuhlola ezingama-787-10 zisebenzise inhlanganisela kaphethiloli wendabuko kanye nophethiloli ozinzile okhiqizwe kusuka kumfucumfucu wezolimo ongadleki ukunciphisa ukukhishwa, kanti indiza yokugcina isebenza kwinhlanganisela enkulu yezentengiselwano engu-50/50.
"Amafutha endiza asimeme afakazelwa futhi asebenza ezindizeni ezindiza namuhla kanye nalezo ezizondiza kusasa, kodwa kuncane kakhulu okuhlinzekwayo," kusho uSheila Remes, iphini likamongameli weqhinga leBoeing Commercial Airplanes. "I-World Energy yenza inani elidayisayo likaphethiloli osimeme ngamanani aphansi, isebenzisa uhulumeni izikhuthazo eziphansi ukuze kusheshiswe ukukhiqizwa nokusetshenziswa embonini ethembele kuphethiloli oketshezi."
Uphethiloli ovela kwiWorld Energy futhi onikezwe iBoeing yi-EPIC Fuels uqinisekiswe yiRoundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngaphezu kuka-75% ngaphezu komjikelezo wempilo kaphethiloli.
"Sihalalisela iBoeing ne-Etihad ngobuholi bemboni yabo ekusizeni ukucindezela imingcele yezobuchwepheshe nokusimama kweSAF," kusho uBryan Sherbacow, oyisikhulu esiphezulu kwezentengiso kwaWorld Energy. "Le nhlanganisela engu-50/50 ikhombisa ukuncishiswa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa okungafinyeleleka kakhulu kwezentengiselwano namhlanje."
Ubambiswano oluphakathi kweBoeing ne-Etihad Airways lumele ukubambisana okude ukuze izindiza zisimame kakhulu. Lezi zinkampani zombili zaziphakathi kwabalingani abasungula i-Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium ngo-2010. Isuselwa eKhalifa University ngase-Abu Dhabi, iphrojekthi yokuhlola uhlelo lwezinto zasogwadule oluyingqayizivele ikhiqiza uphethiloli ozinzile ovela ezitshalweni ezikhula ogwadule, oniselwa ngamanzi olwandle olwandle. U-Etihad usebenzise inqwaba kaphethiloli kusuka kuphrojekthi yokushayela ngoJanuwari 2019 endizeni yabagibeli esuka e-Abu Dhabi iya e-Amsterdam.
NgoJanuwari 2020, i-Etihad yathatha ukusayinwa kwayo okuluhlaza okungu-787-10 kusetshenziswa i-fuel mix ehlanganisa i-30% ye-SAF ekhiqizwa yiWorld Energy.
U-Boeing ubengumholi emizamweni yezimboni yokwakha uphethiloli wezindiza osimeme kusukela ngaphambi kohambo lokuqala lokuhlola endizeni yezentengiso ngo-2008. Kanye nabanye embonini, inkampani isebenze ukuthola isitifiketi sikaphethiloli esimeme ukuze isetshenziselwe ukuthengisa ngo-2011 futhi ibambisene nxazonke. umhlaba ukudala imigwaqo yokukhiqiza yesifunda.
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi, iWorld Energy ne-EPIC Fuels bakhiqize baphakela iSAF kwaBoeing ukuze kuhlolwe izindiza. IBoeing inikeza izindiza ithuba lokusebenzisa uphethiloli ozinzile wezindiza eziletha izindiza. Okokuqala kwalokhu kwenzeka ngo-2012 ngendiza yokuhambisa i-Etihad 777-300ER isuka e-Everett, eWashington, iya e-Abu Dhabi.
I-Boeing iyinkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yomkhathi wezokundiza kanye nomhlinzeki ohola phambili wezindiza zezohwebo, ezokuvikela, isikhala kanye nezinhlelo zokuphepha, nezinsizakalo zomhlaba. Njengomthengisi omkhulu wase-US, inkampani isekela amakhasimende ezentengiselwano nohulumeni emazweni angaphezu kuka-150. I-Boeing iqashe abantu abangaphezu kwe-160,000 emhlabeni wonke futhi ifaka amathalenta esisekelo sabaphakeli bomhlaba jikelele. Ukwakha ifa lobuholi be-aerospace, iBoeing iyaqhubeka nokuhola kwezobuchwepheshe nasekwenzeni izinto ezintsha, ihlinzekela amakhasimende ayo futhi itshale imali kubantu bayo nasekukhuleni kwesikhathi esizayo.
