Dahlmann, Katrin and Koch, Alexander and Linke, Florian and Grewe, Volker and Otten, Tom and Seider, Doreen and Gollnick, Volker and Schumann, Ulrich (2016) Climate-Compatible Air Transport System - Climate Impact Mitigation Potential for Actual and Future Aircraft. Aerospace, pp. 1-25. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/aerospace3040038. ISSN 2226-4310.
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Abstract
Aviation guarantees mobility, but its emissions also contribute considerably to climate change. Therefore, climate impact mitigation strategies have to be developed based on comprehensive assessments of the different impacting factors. We quantify the climate impact mitigation potential and related costs resulting from changes in aircraft operations and design using a multi-disciplinary model workflow. We first analyze the climate impact mitigation potential and cash operating cost changes of altered cruise altitudes and speeds for all flights globally operated by the Airbus A330-200 fleet in the year 2006. We find that this globally can lead to a 42% reduction in temperature response at a 10% cash operating cost increase. Based on this analysis, new design criteria are derived for future aircraft that are optimized for cruise conditions with reduced climate impact. The newly-optimized aircraft is re-assessed with the developed model workflow. We obtain additional climate mitigation potential with small to moderate cash operating cost changes due to the aircraft design changes of, e.g., a 32% and 54% temperature response reduction for a 0% and 10% cash operating cost increase. Hence, replacing the entire A330-200 fleet by this redesigned aircraft Macr = 0.72 and initial cruise altitude (ICA) = 8000 m) could reduce the climate impact by 32% without an increase of cash operating cost.
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Climate-Compatible Air Transport System - Climate Impact Mitigation Potential for Actual and Future Aircraft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 17 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Aerospace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/aerospace3040038 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2226-4310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | climate mitigation potential; cost-benefit analysis; aircraft design | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | air traffic management and operations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | L AO - Air Traffic Management and Operation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Climate, Weather and Environment (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Hamburg , Köln-Porz , Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Earth System Modelling Air Transport Operations Institute of Propulsion Technology Institut of Simulation and Software Technology Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Atmospheric Trace Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Dahlmann, Katrin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 17 Nov 2016 08:57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2023 13:37 |
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