24 OCTOBER 2011

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Article from BTNews 24 OCTOBER 2011

Biofuel’s alternative

The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Greener by Design Annual Conference at its London Park Lane headquarters provided a platform last week for the issues surrounding aviation and climate change.  However it was a British company that was not part of the formal presentation that stole the show with a fascinating mounted display supported by some highly qualified technocrats.

It is estimated that in five years’ time oil production might not be able to keep up with the world demand.  That is one of the reasons for the rush to expand the use of alternative aviation fuels.

Air Fuel Synthesis Ltd (AFS) is developing a system that takes the carbon dioxide from air, mixes it with hydrogen extracted from water and makes liquid fuel for air transport.  A prototype unit is currently being built at Loughborough which is expected to be unveiled publicly early in the New Year.  Scientists from AFS are supervising a team of chemical engineering experts from the Centre for Processing Innovation (CPI) in Teesside to prove the technology with a manufacturing process, which has long been proven in a laboratory environment. 

Amongst many leading companies involved in transport who have shown an interest is Lotus Cars Ltd who has offered their tri-fuel Exige for future experimental tests. www.airfuelsynthesis.com

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