Magellan developing bio-fuel powered turbines

Magellan Aerospace Corp is undertaking a $6.9-million R&D project into greenhouse gas and waste reduction technology with $2.3 million in assistance from Technology Partnerships Canada. The project will see the Mississauga-ON-based aerospace firm use the technology to develop bio-fuel powered gas turbine engines. The project is aimed as producing a more flexible biomass conversion system and improving the power output, efficiency and emission levels of existing pyrolysis-based fuels burning turbine systems. Magellan is the first company in the world to burn liquid bio-oil in a commercial-scale, industrial gas turbine powered electrical generator….