Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis of Ultra Low Sulfur Jet Fuels
Aircraft emissions can reduce air quality, leading to adverse health impacts including increased risk of premature mortality. A technically viable way to mitigate the health impacts of aviation is the use of desulfurized jet fuel, as has been done with road transportation in many jurisdictions. The dominant adverse environmental result of desulfurization is that removing sulfur from fuel results in increased CO₂ emissions because hydrodesulfurization involves the release of relatively small amounts of CO₂ and consumes additional energy. While a reduction in premature mortalities is relatively confidently predicted, the monetization of these mortalities depends on the approach. An argument for transitioning to an ultra-low sulfur jet fuel is that the health benefits are highly likely and the industry could work to offset the additional 1-8% of increased warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Centers of Excellence, Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $983678.00
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Contract Numbers:
06-C-NE-MIT-015
06-C-NE-MIT-025
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Project Managers:
Jacob, S
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Performing Organizations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA United States 02139 -
Principal Investigators:
Waltz, Ian
- Start Date: 20080901
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20110630
- Source Data: RiP Project 30285
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air quality; Benefit cost analysis; Carbon dioxide; Environmental impacts; Jet engine fuels; Pollutants; Public health; Sulfur
- Uncontrolled Terms: Ultra low sulfur diesel
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01570566
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 06-C-NE-MIT-015, 06-C-NE-MIT-025
- Files: RIP
- Created Date: Jul 23 2015 1:01AM