Ua hoʻomohala nā kānaka ʻepekema ma ke Kulanui ʻo Wageningen a me Research Center (Netherlands) i kahi ʻano wahie mokulele hou i hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻuala.
Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ka hiki ke hana i kahi wahie mokulele mai nā ʻōpala hana ʻuala i nā kūlana lab.
ʻO ka papahana BioJet Fuel, e holo ana mai 2017 a i 2020, i manaʻo e ʻike i nā kūlana e pono ai e hoʻonui i kēia kaʻina hana a hana i kahi kaulahao hana kūpono no nā wahie mokulele e pili ana i ka bio.
ʻO nā mea maka i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike i kēia papahana he ʻili ʻuala. Ua hoʻohana ʻia lākou no ka hana enzymatic o ka acetone, butanol a me ka ethanol (ABE fermentation). ʻO ka hui ABE i loaʻa mai ka substrate e hoʻololi ʻia i hydrocarbons a, ma hope o ka hydrogenation a me ka fractionation, i ka wahie lele.
I kēia manawa, hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻili ʻuala ma ke ʻano he meaʻai haʻahaʻa no ka pipi a i hoʻololi ʻia i methane e ka anaerobic digestion; i ka wā e hiki mai ana, hiki ke hoʻonui nui ʻia ka laulā o kā lākou hoʻohana no ka hana biofuel.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina hoʻokolohua ʻo ke kaulahao hana piha o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻōpala mahiʻai i wahie ua hiki ke hiki.