In an information paper from the International Civil Aviation Organization's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection Seventh Meeting in Montreal in February 2007, “The Potential use of Alternate Fuels for Aviation,” it is stated that, “Interest in alternative fuels for commercial aviation has grown in tandem with concerns about rising fuel costs, energy supply security and the environmental effects of aviation. At the moment, the largest single driver for industry adoption of alternative fuels is the high cost of petroleum. If oil prices remain high, alternatives will remain attractive. However, energy security and possible environmental benefits are also powerful drivers. And, if oil demand outpaces supplies, jet fuel availability could become a constraint to growth. The United States has determined that it is prudent to explore now the potential move toward alternative fuels.”
The objectives of Project 20 are to work with the aviation community to gather accurate data on emissions from candidate alternative fuels and to compare these emission characteristics with those of conventional aviation fuel types being gathered in PARTNER Project 9 – Measurement of Emissions. These data will provide the essential information for PARTNER Project 17 – Alternate Fuels and to the aviation community at large as it charts a course for environmental sustainability in an uncertain energy future.
Creation of a Database of particulate matter and hazardous air pollutant emissions from engines burning Jet-A/JP-8, and alternative fuels including biojet and Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel.
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Philip D. Whitefield, Director of Missouri S&T Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Emissions Reduction Research, Missouri University of Science and Technology, pwhite@mst.edu
Carl Ma carl.ma@faa.gov
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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