Quantifying Emissions Reductions at Airports from the Use of Alternative Jet Fuels

ACRP Web-Only Document 13: Alternative Fuels as a Means to Reduce PM₂.₅ Emissions at Airports, published in 2012, explored the potential benefits of using alternative fuels for aircraft and ground service equipment to reduce PM₂.₅ emissions. This research indicated substantial benefits from using alternative jet fuels in aircraft and recommended further research in that area. The understanding of potential benefits of alternative jet fuels continues to increase, and new data and analytical techniques have become available. There is a desire by airports, airlines, and air quality regulators to further explore and understand changes in emissions (e.g., hazardous air pollutants (HAP), NOₓ, SOₓ, PM₂.₅) through the use of ASTM-certified alternative jet fuels. Research is needed to build on the findings presented in ACRP Web-Only Document 13 and other related research to help airport industry practitioners estimate potential emissions reductions benefits from using alternative jet fuels, with the goal of promoting their increased use. The objective of this research is to develop a method to help airport industry practitioners estimate potential PM₂.₅, NOₓ, SOₓ, and HAP emissions reductions by the use of ASTM-certified alternative jet fuels. The method should, at a minimum: (1) Allow users to understand the potential impacts of the use of ASTM-certified alternative jet fuels as it relates to PM₂.₅, NOₓ, SOₓ, and HAP emissions; (2) Address landing-takeoff (LTO), cruise, and full-flight emissions; and (3) Be compatible with the AEDT model for quantification of emissions and air quality simulation tools (e.g., CMAQ) to model ambient concentrations of PM₂.₅ and ozone.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4238

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $499927
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 02-80

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Performing Organizations:

  Booz Allen Hamilton

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• Principal Investigators:

  Soucacos, Philip

• Start Date: 20170515
• Expected Completion Date: 20181114
• Actual Completion Date: 20181114

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Alternate fuels; Impacts; Jet engine fuels; Pollutants
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Environment; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01751348
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 02-80
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 7 2020 8:31PM