COST/BENEFIT TRADE-OFFS FOR REDUCING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORTATION (RECAT)

A study has been performed to evaluate the opportunities for reducing the energy requirements of the U.S. domestic air passenger transport system through improved operational techniques, modified in-service aircraft, derivatives of current production models, or new aircraft using either current or advanced technology. Each of the fuel-conserving alternatives has been investigated individually to test its potential for fuel conservation relative to a hypothetical baseline case in which current, in-production aircraft types are assumed to operate, without modification and with current operational techniques, into the future out to the year 2000. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  United Technologies Research Center

  400 Main Street
  East Hartford, CT  United States  06118
• Authors:
  • GOBETZ, F W
  • Dubin, A P
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 200 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Civil aircraft; Costs; Energy; Energy consumption; Fuel consumption; Operations research; Policy; Technology assessment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Energy; Finance; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145803
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-CR-138877 Final Rpt., UTRC-R76-912036-16
• Contract Numbers: NAS2-8608
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM