Opportunities for Reducing Surface Emissions through Airport Surface Movement Optimization
Taxiing aircraft contribute significantly to fuel burn and emissions at airports. The quantities of fuel burned as well as different pollutants, such as carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and particulate matter, are functions of aircraft taxi duration (along with throttle setting, number of running engines, and pilot and airline decisions regarding engine shutdowns during delays). The reduction of taxi times through improved planning of surface movements has the potential to reduce these emissions. Project 21 focuses on opportunities to reduce surface emissions through departure planning and surface movement optimization.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Centers of Excellence, Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation. Final Report can be found at: http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/44000/44900/44904/Balakrishnan-ICAT-2008-07.pdf
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $299901.00
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Contract Numbers:
06-C-NE-MIT-019
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Project Managers:
Urlass, Steven
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Performing Organizations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA United States 02139 -
Principal Investigators:
Balakrishnan, Hamsa
- Start Date: 20070915
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20100831
- Source Data: RiP Project 34290
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aircraft exhaust gases; Airport operations; Optimization; Pollutants; Taxiing
- Uncontrolled Terms: Fuel burn
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01570577
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 06-C-NE-MIT-019
- Files: RIP
- Created Date: Jul 24 2015 1:00AM