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DTIC ADA540165: Algae-Based Jet Fuel: The Renewable Alternative to ... |
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In his 2006 State of the Union Address, President George |
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W. Bush established a national goal to replace 75 percent |
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of U.S. oil imports by the year 2025. As the single |
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largest consumer of energy within the Department of |
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Defense, the USAF embraced the President's goal and began |
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to reduce dependence on foreign oil through a strategy of |
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energy conservation and the development of oil |
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alternatives. The Air Force established a goal to acquire |
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50 percent of its domestic aviation fuel requirement by |
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the year 2016 via domestically-sourced alternative fuel |
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blend. To date, this initiative's focus has revolved |
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around establishing a domestic coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuel |
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industry with enough capacity to meet Air Force needs. |
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However, technical, environmental and political realities |
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have changed such that the Air Force should consider |
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changing its focus on CTL jet fuel. This paper examined |
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current realities to determine whether the Air Force |
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should abandon initiatives that encourage a domestic CTL |
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fuel industry and instead concentrate research, |
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development and incentives toward acquiring renewable jet |
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fuel derived from algae in order to stay on track toward |
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its 2016 goal. Renewable fuels produced from algae are an |
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attractive solution to the Air Force's alternative |
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aviation fuel goal. The results showed that neither CTL |
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fuel nor algae-based jet fuel are likely to be |
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commercially viable in time to meet the Air Force's 2016 |
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goal. However, a recent shift in national energy policy |
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requires the Air Force to change its focus to algae-based |
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jet fuel in order to align the initiative with national |
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policy and posture for future success. |
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Date Published: 2018-08-08 07:25:02 |
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Identifier: DTIC_ADA540165 |
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Item Size: 24095209 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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