CO2 Emission Metrics for Commercial Aircraft Certification: A National Airspace System Perspective

This report investigated the implications of two possible response scenarios resulting from a CO2 certification standard for future aircraft. This research expanded upon previous, related work in this area by examining potential responses and additional environmental impacts. The analyses described in this report detail the systematic analyses undertaken to quantify potential national airspace system (NAS) level environmental impacts of different types of response scenarios, and the associated assumptions under which the observations are valid. The findings and observations included in this research are intended to provide insight into the potential implications of response scenarios on the NAS, and support the decision-making processes for mitigating the environmental impacts of aircraft operations within the NAS. In this research, two response scenarios were identified based on assumed potential responses from metric systems exhibiting transport capability neutrality (TCN) and non-TCN characteristics. The TCN metric system was assumed to be sensitive only to technology introduction, thus a technology response system (TRS), while the non-TCN metric system was assumed to be sensitive only to aircraft capability, and was thus a capability response system (CRS). This research found that the TRS had a greater benefit on the NAS in terms of fuel consumption, NOx emissions, noise contour area, and climate impacts than the CRS.

• Record URL:
  http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/partner/reports/proj30/proj30ato.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66505
• Corporate Authors:

  Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 37-395
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Bernardo, Jose
  • Boling, Bryan
  • Bonnefoy, Philippe A
  • Burdette, Graham
  • Hansman, R John
  • Kirby, Michelle
  • Lim, Dongwook
  • Mavris, Dimitri
  • Mozdzanowska, Aleksandra
  • Nam, Taewoo
  • Pfaender, Holger
• Publication Date: 2012-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 67p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon dioxide; Certification; Civil aircraft; Environmental impacts; Fuel consumption; Measurement; Metric system; Noise
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01376444
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PARTNER-COE-2012-002
• Contract Numbers: DTFAWA-05-D-00012, Task Order No. 0007
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2012 2:58PM