China Eastern tests flight using biofuel
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="China">China</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Airlines">Airlines</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="successful">successful</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="aircraft">aircraft</span> <span word="powered">powered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="biofuel">biofuel</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="introduce">introduce</span> <span word="biofuel">biofuel</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span> <span word="emissions">emissions</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="reveal">reveal</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="timetable">timetable</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Biofuel">Biofuel</span>-<span word="powered">powered</span> <span word="aircraft">aircraft</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="environmentally">environmentally</span> <span word="friendly">friendly</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Captain">Captain</span> <span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="Zhimin">Zhimin</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="piloted">piloted</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="flight">flight</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="jet">jet</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="palm">palm</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="biofuel">biofuel</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Petroleum">Petroleum</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chemical">Chemical</span> <span word="Corp">Corp</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="Sinopec">Sinopec</span>, <span word="Asia">Asia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="refinery">refinery</span>, <span word="flew">flew</span> <span word="for">for</span> 85 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Hongqiao">Hongqiao</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Airport">Airport</span>.</p><p><span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="performed">performed</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="maneuvers">maneuvers</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="diving">diving</span> <span word="above">above</span> 12,000 <span word="meters">meters</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="difference">difference</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sinopec">Sinopec</span> <span word="biofuel">biofuel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gasoline">gasoline</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="plane">plane</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="tank">tank</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="filled">filled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="gasoline">gasoline</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compare">compare</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="performance">performance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biofuel">biofuel</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="takeoff">takeoff</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pilot">pilot</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Sinopec">Sinopec</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="master">master</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="palm">palm</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="cooking">cooking</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="jet">jet</span> <span word="biofuel">biofuel</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="kinds">kinds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="biofuel">biofuel</span>, <span word="palm">palm</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="cooking">cooking</span> <span word="oil">oil</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="palm">palm</span> <span word="oil">oil</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Huang">Huang</span> <span word="Zhongwen">Zhongwen</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="publicity">publicity</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Sinopec">Sinopec</span> <span word="Zhenhai">Zhenhai</span> <span word="Refining">Refining</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chemical">Chemical</span> <span word="Co">Co</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capability">capability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="cooking">cooking</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="jet">jet</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span>, <span word="although">although</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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