Kamfanin jiragen sama na Continental mako mai zuwa zai iya zama jirgin saman Amurka na farko da ya nuna jiragen fasinja za su iya tashi a kan wani gauraya na musamman na algae, ciyawa jatropha da man jet.
A farkon makon nan ne kamfanin Air New Zealand ya yi nasarar gudanar da irin wannan gwajin kuma daga baya a wannan watan kamfanin na Japan ya yi shirin gudanar da nasa gwajin jirgin.
Fatan da ake yi shi ne, yin amfani da man fetur mai yawa zai rage dogaron da kamfanonin jiragen sama ke yi kan man jiragen sama na gargajiya da kuma rage fitar da iskar Carbon.
Jatropha wata tsiro ce da ba za ta ci ba wacce ke samar da iri mai yawan man da ya kai kashi 37 cikin dari wanda za a iya kona shi a matsayin mai ba tare da an tace shi ba, a cewar shafin yanar gizon Jatropha World.
Jirgin na Continental zai tashi daga Houston a ranar Laraba kuma ba shi da fasinja. Gwajin matukan jirgi na Boeing 737-800 ta amfani da injunan CFM International za su gudanar da haɗin gwiwa ta hanyar lamba 2, ko injin dama.
Matukin jirgin za su gudanar da hanzari, rage gudu, rufe injin jirgin da kuma sake farawa da sauran hanyoyi, na al'ada da kuma in ba haka ba, a cewar mai dakon kaya na Houston.
Gwajin wani bangare ne na jajircewar kamfanin na rage fitar da iskar Carbon da kuma gano dorewar hanyoyin samar da man fetur na dogon lokaci ga masana'antar, in ji Larry Kellner, shugaban na Continental kuma Shugaba, a cikin wata sanarwa da aka shirya.
Continental ya ce yanzu haka tana kona kusan galan 18 na man fetur don tuka fasinja guda 1,000, wanda ya ragu da kashi 35 cikin 1997 na hayaki mai gurbata muhalli idan aka kwatanta da shekarar XNUMX.
Wani mai ba da shawara kan harkokin sufurin jiragen sama Bob Mann na RW Mann & Co. ya ce dillalan masana'antu suna la'akari da nau'ikan hanyoyin mai da yawa.
"Amma ina jin tsoron duk wani tallace-tallace na kowane ɗayan waɗannan hanyoyin yana iya yiwuwa shekaru goma baya," in ji shi.
Ana yin gwajin Nahiyar ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da Boeing, GE Aviation, CFM International, mai haɓaka fasahar tacewa UOP, wani kamfani na Honeywell, da masu samar da mai Sapphire Energy da Terrasol, waɗanda suka samar da algae da jatropha, bi da bi.
CFM haɗin gwiwa ne na General Electric da Snecma.
Jirgin na Japan Airlines, wanda aka shirya yi a ranar 30 ga watan Janairu, ya hada da Sustainable Oils, na hadin gwiwar Ci gaban Target da wani kamfani na Houston, Green Earth Fuels.
