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Engineering360: "High-Density Bio-Jet Fuel Produced from Eucalyptus"

10/02/2017 11:40 AM

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Re: High-Density Bio-Jet Fuel Produced from Eucalyptus

10/02/2017 1:54 PM

Does it make the jet burn smell like peppermint? Wow, that is a lot of breath freshener...

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10/03/2017 3:36 PM

C'mon! Hydrogenation will saturate the terpenes and reduce the ketones and esters to make compounds that don't have the same characteristic odors. Just sayin'.

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10/03/2017 4:50 PM

Did you read to see what one of the major compounds leaving the reactor was? Hmmm...did ya?

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