Uses of Camelina saliva’s Biodiesel.

Several commercial ventures have produced or are currently working toward production of camelina-derived renewable jet fuel, as examples Accelergy Corp., Altair, Inc., Biojet Corp. and Sustainable Oils,. Additionally, Altair, Inc. is also working toward production of renewable diesel fuel. Except to these institutes The US air force and the navy have done many experiments based on C. sativa Bio diesel. They successfully tested these Biodiesel on their aircrafts at many times.

•     The US State of Montana has recently been growing more and more camelina for its potential as a bio-fuel and bio-lubricant. Plant scientists at the University of Idaho and other institutions study this emerging biodiesel.

•   Studies have shown camelina-based jet fuel to reduce net carbon emissions from jets by about 80%. The United States Navy chose camelina as the feedstock for their first test of aviation bio-fuel, and successfully operated a static F414 engine (used in the F/A-18) in October 2009 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

•  The US Air Force also began testing the fuel in its aircraft in March 2010.  In March, 2011, the U.S. Air Force successfully tested a 50/50 mix of JP-8 (Jet Propellant 8) and camelina-derived bio-fuel in an F-22 Raptor, achieving a speed of Mach 1.5.

•    On September 4, 2011, the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron would be using a 50/50 blend of Camelina bio-fuel and jet fuel at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Air Expo. This event marks the first time that an entire military aviation unit has flown on a bio-fuel mix.

•    The Navy plans to deploy a "Great Green Fleet" by 2016, a Carrier battle group powered entirely by non-fossil fuels. The Air Force is also planning on using 50% bio-fuels in its aircraft by 2016 As such; the U.S. Air Force announced that by the year 2016, 50% of the fuel it consumes will be from bio-fuels as well.

•  In 2009, the U.S. Navy and the Air Force contracted with Sustainable Oils for more than 140,000 gallons of camelina biojet fuel. Just recently, both groups exercised contract options for additional camelina biojet fuel, bringing the total to nearly 500,000 gallons to be delivered in 2010 and early 2011.

Not only United state some other countries also have used C. sativa-based biodiesel for their Air craft’s

•      KLM, the Royal Dutch Airline, was the first airline in the world to operate a passenger-carrying flight using bio-fuel. On the 23 of November 2009 a Boeing 747 flew, carrying a limited number of passengers, with one of its four engines running on a 50/50 mix of bio-fuel and kerosene.

•       In June, 2011, a Gulfstream G450 became the first business jet to cross the Atlantic Ocean using a blend of 50/50 bio-fuel developed by Honeywell derived from camelina and petroleum based jet fuel.

• In 2009 January Japan Airlines conducted a one and a half hour flight with one engine burning a 50/50 mix of Jet-A and bio-fuel from the Camelina plant.

 
 References:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelina_sativa

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/one-billion-gallons-in-camelina-biofuel-by-2025-89105252.html