Quantifying Aircraft Lead Emissions at Airports

One primary objective of ACRP Project 02-34, “Quantifying Aircraft Lead Emissions at Airports,” was to review and improve upon existing methodologies to quantify and characterize aircraft-related lead (Pb) emissions at airports with significant populations of aircraft that use leaded aviation gasoline. The study involved the five major phases: 1) A review of existing methodologies for quantifying aircraft-related Pb emissions; 2) Development of a refined methodology for estimating aircraft-related Pb emissions inventories that addresses shortcomings with existing methodologies identified during the critical review; 3) Conducting month-long field studies at each of three selected airports to gather site-specific data regarding aircraft activity, the lead content of aviation gasoline used at the airport, and data regarding ambient Pb concentrations, Pb particle size distributions, and Pb isotope ratios; 4) Application of the refined methodology to develop Pb emission inventories for three selected airports using both readily available activity data as well as the site-specific data; and 5) Validation of the refined methodology through comparison of dispersion modeling results based on the inventory computed using site-specific data with ambient Pb measurements made during the field study.

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• Authors:
  • Heiken, Jeremy
  • Lyons, James
  • Valdez, Marc
  • Matthews, Nancy
  • Sanford, Paul
  • Turner, Jay
  • Feinburg, Neil
• Publication Date: 2014-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Contractor’s Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 218p
• Serial:
  • ACRP Web-Only Document
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airports; Dispersions (Chemistry); Lead (Metal); Leaded gasoline; Pollutants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emissions inventories
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Environment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01566587
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ACRP 02-34
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 17 2015 8:45AM