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
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Serial:
- ACRP Web-Only Document
- Issue Number: 21
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
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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