From Sunlit Sea to Jet Engine: How Jet Fuel Is Made
In short: Jet fuel starts as ocean algae and the life that feeds on them, turned into crude oil underground, then refineries distil, upgrade, treat and test it, and approved processes now let fats and oils join the same refineries.
A 2:13 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), “SAF Conversion processes”; European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), “EASA publishes report on Sustainable Aviation Fuel scale-up, progress and pressure points | EASA”; Taylor & Francis (tandfonline.com), peer-reviewed journal article, “Kerosene from hydrocracking for JET fuel with reduced aromatic content”; Springer Nature (book chapter 'Manufacture of Jet Fuel in Refineries' by Amiram Groweiss, Ashdod Oil Refinery, and Joanna M. Bauldreay, Bauldreay Jet Fuel Consulting), “Manufacture of Jet Fuel in Refineries”; Axens (commercial refining technology licensor and catalyst supplier; not an independent authority), “Kerosene Sweetening / Hydrotreating | Axens”; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation, “AC 20-29C - Approval and Use of Fuel System Icing Inhibitors (FSII)”; ASTM International (abstract hosted on the ANSI Webstore), “ASTM D1655-23 - Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels”; Springer (Bjørlykke, K. (ed.), Petroleum Geoscience, 2015; author: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo), “Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) — SAF Conversion processes · View →
- European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) — EASA publishes report on Sustainable Aviation Fuel scale-up, progress and pressure points | EASA · View →
- Taylor & Francis (tandfonline.com), peer-reviewed journal article — Kerosene from hydrocracking for JET fuel with reduced aromatic content · View →
- Springer Nature (book chapter 'Manufacture of Jet Fuel in Refineries' by Amiram Groweiss, Ashdod Oil Refinery, and Joanna M. Bauldreay, Bauldreay Jet Fuel Consulting) — Manufacture of Jet Fuel in Refineries · View →
- Axens (commercial refining technology licensor and catalyst supplier; not an independent authority) — Kerosene Sweetening / Hydrotreating | Axens · View →
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation — AC 20-29C - Approval and Use of Fuel System Icing Inhibitors (FSII) · View →
- ASTM International (abstract hosted on the ANSI Webstore) — ASTM D1655-23 - Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels · View →
- Springer (Bjørlykke, K. (ed.), Petroleum Geoscience, 2015; author: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo) — Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica
- Also: www.eia.gov — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): SAF Conversion processes
- Also: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA): EASA publishes report on Sustainable Aviation Fuel scale-up, progress and pressure points | EASA
- Also: Taylor & Francis (tandfonline.com), peer-reviewed journal article: Kerosene from hydrocracking for JET fuel with reduced aromatic content
- Also: Springer Nature (book chapter 'Manufacture of Jet Fuel in Refineries' by Amiram Groweiss, Ashdod Oil Refinery, and Joann: Manufacture of Jet Fuel in Refineries
- Also: Axens (commercial refining technology licensor and catalyst supplier; not an independent authority): Kerosene Sweetening / Hydrotreating | Axens
- Also: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation: AC 20-29C - Approval and Use of Fuel System Icing Inhibitors (FSII)
- Also: ASTM International (abstract hosted on the ANSI Webstore): ASTM D1655-23 - Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels
- Also: Springer (Bjørlykke, K. (ed.), Petroleum Geoscience, 2015; author: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo): Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica
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