{"id":14671,"date":"2009-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20090109-01n"},"modified":"2009-01-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T22:00:00","slug":"sugar-based-de-icer-used-in-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/sugar-based-de-icer-used-in-aviation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar based de-icer used in aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Fight the winter cold! At least as far as de-icing and anti-icing fluids go, global market leader Kilfrost now offers an alternative made with renewavble resources. The new de-icing product DFSustain uses Susterra propanediol from DuPont Tate &#038; Lyle Bio Products as a corn sugar-based alternative to petroleum-derived propylene glycol.<\/b> <\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><img SRC=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-images\/20090109-01\/flybedfsustain.jpg\" align=\"left\" BORDER=\"0\" ALT=\"Flybe are the first airline to use Kilfrost de- <br \/>and anti-icing fluid. From left: David Morgan of <br \/>Kilfrost, Adriano Bassanini of Du Pont, and Vince <br \/>Walsh of Flybe. &copy;Theo Moye\/apexnewspix.com&#8221;><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size:10px;\" align=\"left\">Flybe are the first airline to use Kilfrost de- <br \/>and anti-icing fluid. From left: David Morgan of <br \/>Kilfrost, Adriano Bassanini of Du Pont, and Vince <br \/>Walsh of Flybe. &copy;Theo Moye\/apexnewspix.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Susterra propanediol can be used in applications such as deicing and heat transfer fluids and as a base for engine coolants where stability over a range of temperatures is important. <\/p>\n<p>DFsustain and has the potential to use up to 40% less energy in manufacturing than more traditional fluids. &#8220;Not only does the new product have serious green credentials, but it outperforms all existing propylene glycol de-icers and can cope with temperature up to -40\u00b0C,&#8221; said Kilfrost Chief Executive Gary Lydiate.<\/p>\n<p>Flybe, Europe\u2019s largest regional airline, is the first in the world to use DFsustain, which the company estimates has the potential to further significantly reduce the airline\u2019s carbon footprint. <\/p>\n<p>Kilfrost enjoys a diverse customer-base across 50 countries and five continents. With facilities in the UK, Europe, North America, and Japan, the company is able to offer a precise logistics solution 24 hours a day, whatever the conditions. DFsustain is available now from Kilfrost, and those wishing to find out more about the product can visit www.kilfrost.com, email <\/p>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><br \/>Kilfrost<br \/><a href=\"mailto:info@kilfrost.co.uk\">info@kilfrost.co.uk<\/a><br \/>Tel.: 0044-1434-32 03 32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Fight the winter cold! At least as far as de-icing and anti-icing fluids go, global market leader Kilfrost now offers an alternative made with renewavble<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[337,957,956],"class_list":["post-14671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-dupont","supplier-flybe","supplier-kilfrost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14671"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=14671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}