Probing emissions of military cargo aircraft: description of a joint field measurement Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program.
To develop effective air quality control strategies for military air bases, there is a need to accurately quantify these emissions. In support of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program project, the particulate matter (PM) and gaseous emissions from two T56 engines on a parked C-130 aircraft were characterized at the Kentucky Air National Guard base in Louisville, KY. Conventional and research-grade instrumentation and methodology were used in the field campaign during the first week of October 2005. Particulate emissions were sampled at the engine exit plane and at 15 m downstream. In addition, remote sensing of the gaseous species was performed via spectroscopic techniques at 5 and 15 m downstream of the engine exit. It was found that PM mass and number concentrations measured at 15-m downstream locations, after dilution-correction generally agreed well with those measured at the engine exhaust plane; however, higher variations were observed in the far-field after natural dilution of the downstream measurements was accounted for. Using carbon dioxide-normalized data we demonstrated that gas species measurements by extractive and remote sensing techniques agreed reasonably well.
Cheng
Meng-Dawn
MD
Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038, USA. chengmd@ornl.gov
Corporan
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DeWitt
Matthew J
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Spicer
Chester W
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Holdren
Michael W
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Cowen
Kenneth A
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Laskin
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Harris
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Shores
Richard C
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Kagann
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Hashmonay
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000401:Aircraft; D001359:Aviation; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005740:Gases / Q000032:analysis; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis
D000393:Air Pollutants; D005740:Gases; D052638:Particulate Matter