Holland processing waste oil into aircraft fuel to cooperate with Chinese companies
Beijing June 26th news report, according to the news of the economy, Royal Holland will process the oil used by the stir fry, that is what we usually say, "gutter oil", to provide fuel for the aircraft, although the cost is increasing, but more efficient and greener. Color. In order to get more raw materials for waste oil, they set their eyes on the most populous country, China. For details, we will connect Li Xiaoyu, a CCTV reporter.
host: first, tell us something about "waste oil". What's the matter with the aircraft fuel?
reporter: in Holland, restaurants and grocery stores all have a standard recycling system, and the rest of the rest of the kitchen oil will be collected and recycled, but home cooking oil is often poured into the trash can or plunged into the toilet, never recycled. SkyNRG of Royal Air Holland has found that if well handled, waste oil can be a good biofuel material. They deoxidize the vegetable oil first, and then carry out a series of organic chemical processes that make the gutter oil reborn and become the "renewable flying fuel" they need.
the reason why the airline in Holland did this is because the aviation industry is one of the major sources of carbon dioxide emissions. At present, the global aviation industry's carbon dioxide emissions account for 2% to 3% of global emissions. The use of aviation kerosene per ton produces 3 tons of carbon dioxide. According to EU requirements, airlines must reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3% this year. Biofuels have been put on the agenda for this purpose.
host: "trench oil" is cheap. Is that "waste oil" flying fuel cheap?
reporters: after the waste oil has been turned into treasure, its value has soared. At present, the price of this new type of fuel is 3 times as high as that of ordinary aircraft, and because the technology is very new, the cost is particularly high. Because of the price, the Holland Royal Airlines is currently using 50% gutter fuel, 50% fossil fuel mixed fuel, but will use 100% "gutter oil" fuel after one or two years. .
the royal airline of Holland believes that it is probably for economic reasons that many airlines in the world have not yet used biofuel awareness, but they are discussing with China Airlines, Southern Airlines, and other Chinese airlines. They found that these airlines in China, "to the ground" "Ditch oil" fuel technology has expressed "great interest".
in fact, in order to get more waste oil as raw material, they have worked with a company in Shanghai to collect cooking oil. However, Li Junfeng, deputy director of the Energy Research Institute of the national development and Reform Commission, told reporters in an interview that, because of the high cost, it may not be realistic to use gutter oil as a flight fuel. Moreover, China's national standards for biodiesel are still being worked out, and there is no sufficient supply of raw materials at present.