UOP launches fuel program

DES PLAINES - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its renewable jet fuel process technology was used to convert second-generation, renewable feedstocks to green jet fuel for a biofuel demonstration flight by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

UOP's process technology was used to convert oil from camelina, an inedible plant, to green jet fuel for the flight.

One engine of a Boeing 747 jetliner was powered by a fuel mixture consisting of a 50/50 mixture of the green jet fuel and traditional petroleum-derived jet fuel.

The flight is scheduled to operate at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.