Aircraft emissions characterization. Final report, September 1986-August 1987

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6662235

Spicer, C W; Holdren, M W; Miller, S E; Smith, D L; Smith, R N

Assessment of the environmental impact of aircraft operations is required by Air Force regulations. This program was undertaken to quantify gaseous and particulate emissions associated with three Air Force turbine engines (TF33-P3, TF33-P7, and J79 (smokeless). The emissions tests were carried out, using a test cell at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK. All tests employed JP-4 as the fuel, and fuel samples were characterized by standard tests and analyzed for composition. Emissions were measured at power settings of idle, 30%, 75%, and 100%. Measurements were made of detailed organic composition, CO, CO/sub 2/, NO, NOx, smoke number, particle concentration, and particle-size distribution. A multiport sampling rake was used to sample the exhaust, and heated Teflon tubing was used to transfer exhaust to the monitoring instrumentation. Measured and calculated fuel/air ratios were compared to assure representative sampling of the exhaust. The results have been used to calculate emission indices and emission rates for CO, CO/sub 2/, total hydrocarbons, NO, NO/sub 2/, and NOx. The distribution of organic compounds in the exhaust from the different engines and at various power settings was compared, and the distribution by compound class and by carbon number are reported. Smoke numbers and particle-size distributions were derived from the test data. The report also contains a review of the emissions of selected toxic chemicals, and a comparison with other emission sources.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6662235
• Report Number(s): AD-A-197864/2/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR POLLUTION
AIRCRAFT
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DISTRIBUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
EMISSION
ENERGY
EXHAUST GASES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
JET ENGINE FUELS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE SIZE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION
PROGRESS REPORT
REGULATIONS
SAMPLING
SIZE
STANDARDIZATION
TOXICITY
TUBES
URBAN AREAS
WASTES