Journal article
Gas Turbine Engine Emissions—Part I: Volatile Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Oxides
Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power, v 132(6), pp 1-14
01 Jun 2010
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Abstract
The potential human health and environmental impacts of aircraft gas turbine engine emissions during normal airport operation are issues of growing concern. During the JETS/Aircraft Particle Emissions eXperiment(APEX)-2 and APEX-3 field campaigns, we performed an extensive series of gas phase and particulate emissions measurements of on-wing gas turbine engines. In all, nine different CFM56 style engines (including both CFM56-3B1 and -7B22 models) and seven additional engines (two RB211-535E4-B engines, three AE3007 engines, one PW4158, and one CJ6108A) were studied to evaluate engine-to-engine variability. Specific gas-phase measurements include NO2, NO, and total NOx, HCHO, C2H4, CO, and a range of volatile organic compounds (e.g., benzene, styrene, toluene, naphthalene). A number of broad conclusions can be made based on the gas-phase data set: (1) field measurements of gas-phase emission indices (EIs) are generally consistent with ICAO certification values; (2) speciation of gas phase NOx between NO and NO2 is reproducible for different engine types and favors NO2 at low power (and low fuel flow rate) and NO at high power (high fuel flow rate); (3) emission indices of gas-phase organic compounds and CO decrease rapidly with increasing fuel flow rate; (4) plotting EI-CO or volatile organic compound EIs against fuel flow rate collapses much of the variability between the different engines, with one exception (AE3007); (5) HCHO, ethylene, acetaldehyde, and propene are the most abundant volatile organic compounds present in the exhaust gases that we can detect, independent of engine technology differences. Empirical correlations accurate to within 30% and based on the publicly available engine parameters are presented for estimating EI-NOx and EI-NO2. Engine-to-engine variability, unavailability of combustor input conditions, changing ambient temperatures, and complex reaction dynamics limit the accuracy of global correlations for CO or volatile organic compound EIs.
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- Title
- Gas Turbine Engine Emissions—Part I: Volatile Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Oxides
- Creators
- Michael T Timko - Aerodyne ResearchScott C Herndon - Aerodyne ResearchEzra C Wood - Aerodyne ResearchTimothy B Onasch - Aerodyne ResearchMegan J Northway - Aerodyne ResearchJohn T Jayne - Aerodyne ResearchManjula R Canagaratna - Aerodyne ResearchRichard C Miake-Lye - Aerodyne ResearchW. Berk Knighton - Montana State University
- Publication Details
- Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power, v 132(6), pp 1-14
- Publisher
- ASME
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000276181300005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77955233104
- Other Identifier
- 991020902977804721
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- Industry collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Mechanical