Empa Materials Science and Technology , Laboratory for Advanced Analytical Technologies, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
ETH Zürich , Institute of Environmental Engineering (IfU), CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Nov 17;49(22):13149-57. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04167. Epub 2015 Nov 5.
Aircraft engines emit particulate matter (PM) that affects the air quality in the vicinity of airports and contributes to climate change. Nonvolatile PM (nvPM) emissions from aircraft turbine engines depend on fuel aromatic content, which varies globally by several percent. It is uncertain how this variability will affect future nvPM emission regulations and emission inventories. Here, we present black carbon (BC) mass and nvPM number emission indices (EIs) as a function of fuel aromatic content and thrust for an in-production aircraft gas turbine engine. The aromatics content was varied from 17.8% (v/v) in the neat fuel (Jet A-1) to up to 23.6% (v/v) by injecting two aromatic solvents into the engine fuel supply line. Fuel normalized BC mass and nvPM number EIs increased by up to 60% with increasing fuel aromatics content and decreasing engine thrust. The EIs also increased when fuel naphthalenes were changed from 0.78% (v/v) to 1.18% (v/v) while keeping the total aromatics constant. The EIs correlated best with fuel hydrogen mass content, leading to a simple model that could be used for correcting fuel effects in emission inventories and in future aircraft engine nvPM emission standards.
飞机发动机排放的颗粒物(PM)会影响机场附近的空气质量,并导致气候变化。飞机涡轮发动机的非挥发性颗粒物(nvPM)排放取决于燃料的芳烃含量,全球范围内这一含量差异可达百分之几。目前尚不确定这种可变性将如何影响未来的 nvPM 排放法规和排放清单。在此,我们展示了一种生产中使用的飞机燃气涡轮发动机的黑烟(BC)质量和 nvPM 数排放指数(EI)随燃料芳烃含量和推力的变化情况。通过向发动机燃料供应管路中注入两种芳烃溶剂,芳烃含量从纯燃料(Jet A-1)的 17.8%(体积比)变化至 23.6%(体积比)。随着燃料芳烃含量的增加和发动机推力的降低,燃料归一化 BC 质量和 nvPM 数 EI 最高增加了 60%。当燃料中萘的含量从 0.78%(体积比)变化至 1.18%(体积比),同时保持芳烃总量不变时,EI 也会增加。EI 与燃料的氢质量含量相关性最好,由此可以建立一个简单的模型,用于修正排放清单中的燃料效应和未来飞机发动机 nvPM 排放标准。