Ground-based aircraft exhaust measurements of a Lufthansa Airbus A340 using FTIR emission spectrometry

Klaus Schaefer; Joerg Heland

doi:10.1117/12.337461

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22 January 1999 Ground-based aircraft exhaust measurements of a Lufthansa Airbus A340 using FTIR emission spectrometry

Klaus Schaefer, Joerg Heland

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Proceedings Volume 3535, Advanced Sensors and Monitors for Process Industries and the Environment; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.337461
Event: Photonics East (ISAM, VVDC, IEMB), 1998, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The emission inventories of aircraft emissions are being set up using flight routing data and test rig measurements of the engine manufacturers for certification purposes which have to be extrapolated with respect to the actual parameters at cruise altitude. Precise data from in-service engines are not existing. FTIR-emission-spectroscopy as a remote sensing multi-component exhaust gas analysis method has been further developed to specify the traceable molecules in aircraft exhausts, to determine the detection limits, and to obtain reliable statements concerning its accuracy. The first measurement with the Airbus A340 engine CFM56-5C2 during run up tests at ground level showed the overall ability of the FTIR-emission system to analyze the exhausts of modern gas turbines with high bypass ratio and mixing of fan air into the exhausts before the nozzle exit. Good quality spectra were measured and analyzed with respect to the mixing rations of CO₂, H₂O, CO, NO, and N₂O, and the emission indices of CO, NO, and N₂O. Total measurement times at one thrust level should be about 15 minutes to obtain reliable result which can be compared to the ICAO data of this engine.

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Klaus Schaefer and Joerg Heland "Ground-based aircraft exhaust measurements of a Lufthansa Airbus A340 using FTIR emission spectrometry", Proc. SPIE 3535, Advanced Sensors and Monitors for Process Industries and the Environment, (22 January 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.337461

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