Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Advanced Analytical Technologies, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Jan 23;58(3):1615-1624. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08152. Epub 2024 Jan 11.
Jet engines are important contributors to global CO emissions and release enormous numbers of ultrafine particles into different layers of the atmosphere. As a result, aviation emissions are affecting atmospheric chemistry and promote contrail and cloud formation with impacts on earth's radiative balance and climate. Furthermore, the corelease of nanoparticles together with carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) affects air quality at airports. We studied exhausts of a widely used turbofan engine (CFM56-7B26) operated at five static thrust levels (idle, 7, 30, 65, and 85%) with conventional Jet A-1 fuel and a biofuel blend composed of hydro-processed esters and fatty acids (HEFA). The particles released, the chemical composition of condensable material, and the genotoxic potential of these exhausts were studied. At ground operation, particle number emissions of 3.5 and 0.5 × 10 particles/kg fuel were observed with highest genotoxic potentials of 41300 and 8800 ng toxicity equivalents (TEQ)/kg fuel at idle and 7% thrust, respectively. Blending jet fuel with HEFA lowered PAH and particle emissions by 7-34% and 65-67% at idle and 7% thrust, respectively, indicating that the use of paraffin-rich biofuels is an effective measure to reduce the exposure of airport personnel to nanoparticles coated with genotoxic PAHs (Trojan horse effect).
喷气发动机是全球 CO 排放的重要贡献者,它们向大气的不同层次释放大量的超细颗粒。因此,航空排放物正在影响大气化学,并促进尾迹和云的形成,从而对地球的辐射平衡和气候产生影响。此外,纳米颗粒与致癌多环芳烃(PAHs)的共同释放会影响机场的空气质量。我们研究了一种广泛使用的涡轮风扇发动机(CFM56-7B26)在五个静态推力水平(怠速、7、30、65 和 85%)下使用传统的 Jet A-1 燃料和由氢化酯和脂肪酸(HEFA)组成的生物燃料混合物的尾气。研究了释放的颗粒、可冷凝物质的化学成分以及这些尾气的遗传毒性潜力。在地面运行时,观察到 3.5 和 0.5×10 个颗粒/千克燃料的颗粒数排放,在怠速和 7%推力下的最高遗传毒性潜力分别为 41300 和 8800ng 毒性当量(TEQ)/千克燃料。与 HEFA 混合喷气燃料可将 PAH 和颗粒排放分别降低 7-34%和 65-67%,在怠速和 7%推力下,这表明使用富含石蜡的生物燃料是减少机场人员接触涂有遗传毒性 PAHs 的纳米颗粒的有效措施(特洛伊木马效应)。