Ososayensi baseWageningen University and Research Center (Netherlands) benze uhlobo olusha lukaphethiloli wendiza okhiqizwa kusetshenziswa imfucuza yamazambane.
Amathuba okudala uphethiloli othembisayo wendiza evela kudoti wokukhiqiza amazambane asefakazelwe ezimeni zaselabhorethri.
Iphrojekthi ye-BioJet Fuel, eqala ngo-2017 kuya ku-2020, ihlose ukuchaza izimo ezidingekayo ukuze kulinganiswe le nqubo nokudala uchungechunge olusebenzayo lokukhiqiza amafutha ezindiza asekelwe ku-bio.
Izinto zokusetshenziswa ezisetshenziswa njengemodeli kule phrojekthi amapeebhu amazambane. Ayesetshenziselwa ukukhiqizwa kwe-enzymatic ye-acetone, i-butanol ne-ethanol (i-ABE fermentation). Ingxube ye-ABE etholwe ku-substrate iguqulwa ibe ama-hydrocarbons futhi, ngemva kwe-hydrogenation nokuhlukaniswa, ibe uphethiloli wendiza.
Manje amakhasi amazambane asetshenziswa njengokuphakelayo kwezinkomo ezinenani eliphansi noma aguqulelwe abe yi-methane ngokugaya kwe-anaerobic; ngokuzayo, ububanzi bokusetshenziswa kwawo ekukhiqizeni i-biofuel lunganwetshwa kakhulu.
Ucwaningo lokuhlola lubonise ukuthi uchungechunge oluphelele lokukhiqiza lokuguqula imfucuza yezolimo ibe uphethiloli seluvele lungenzeka ngokobuchwepheshe.