The Biodiesel Turbine Fuel Kerosene question...

Is it possible to run an aircraft on Biodiesel? This is a question that has been doing the rounds for sometime. The amount of fuel that aircrafts use up is obscene when compared to a car or a bus and so it would be nioce to knwo whether there was any way this fuel could become renewable. There are many searches on the net for "biodiesel turbine fuel kerosene" and it seems clear that people want to know if it's possible to make a biodiesel/kerosene blend or replace the kerosene entirely.

In diesel aircraft engines, Biodiesel performs well. This is merely because biodiesel is incredibly similar to diesel and so the aircraft won't notice the difference. But because of diesel fuel's stability, it's not used in larger aircraft like 747s. So, it's unlikely that Biodiesel will be used for commercial flights anytime soon. Should you have your own diesel jet however, it's worth looking into.

Kerosene as a fuel is lighter than diesel but heavier than gasoline. It seems possible then that a biodiesel element could be introduced to a kerosene blend. In the future it may be that airlines could charge a little extra for flights that used a biodiesel element in their fuel with the attraction that passengers would be taking a more environmetally firendly journey.

Of course, whereas biodiesel in aircrafts would reduce harmful CO2 emissions, it would mean that certain agricultural resources would have to be dedicated to air travel thus putting increased strain on our world's resources. Nevertheless the use of biodiesel in the turbine fuel kerosene is indeed possible and current tests show that this may be something we see in the future.