Facility in Ohio to aid fuel research

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Facility in Ohio to aid fuel research
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 10, 2009 19:51:12 EST

DAYTON, Ohio — A new $2.5 million facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will allow the Air Force to conduct research designed to help produce alternative fuels for military aircraft.

Construction started this week for the new Assured Aerospace Fuels Research Facility to be completed at the southwest Ohio base by the fall of 2010.

The facility will be able to produce 15 to 25 gallons a day of research jet fuels derived from coal or biomass materials rather than having to depend on the commercial industry to supply that for Air Force testing, an official said Tuesday.

One of the Air Force’s major goals in the next few years is to come up with a reliable, domestic source of fuel that will be an alternative to increasingly expensive, petroleum-based fuel from foreign countries and decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

“The Air Force Research Laboratory has been a center of excellence for fuel research, and this facility allows us to expand that into the alternative fuel arena,” Tim Edwards, a senior chemical engineer with the Propulsion Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, said.


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