Masana kimiyya a Jami'ar Wageningen da Cibiyar Bincike (Netherland) sun kirkiro wani sabon nau'in man jiragen sama da ake samarwa ta hanyar amfani da sharar dankalin turawa.
An riga an tabbatar da yuwuwar samar da man jirgin sama mai ƙwaƙƙwara daga sharar da ake haƙon dankalin turawa a cikin yanayin dakin gwaje-gwaje.
Aikin Man Fetur na BioJet, wanda ke gudana daga 2017 zuwa 2020, yana da nufin gano yanayin da ake buƙata don haɓaka wannan tsari da ƙirƙirar sarkar samarwa mai inganci don albarkatun jiragen sama.
Kayan albarkatun da aka yi amfani da su a matsayin abin koyi a cikin wannan aikin shine peeling dankalin turawa. An yi amfani da su don samar da enzymatic na acetone, butanol da ethanol (ABE fermentation). Cakudawar ABE da aka samu daga ma'auni an canza shi ta atomatik zuwa hydrocarbons kuma, bayan hydrogenation da fractionation, zuwa man jirgin sama.
Yanzu ana amfani da peelings ɗin dankalin turawa azaman abinci mai ƙarancin ƙima ga shanu ko kuma canza zuwa methane ta hanyar narkewar anaerobic; a nan gaba, yawan amfanin da suke amfani da shi don samar da biofuel na iya ƙaruwa sosai.
Nazarin gwaji ya nuna cewa cikakken tsarin samar da sharar amfanin gona ya zama mai yiwuwa ta fasaha.