Exploring Coal-Based Jet Fuel

A radical new source of jet fuel that’s comparable to jet-A and military JP-8 may become a marketplace reality

University researchers have successfully powered a helicopter jet engine with fuel derived from at least 50 percent bituminous coal, a percentage that could go half again as high.

“We have shown in tests that the mix can go to at least 75 percent coal,” explains Harold H. Schobert, professor of fuel science and director of Penn State University’s Energy Institute.
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