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Properties of jet engine combustion particles during the PartEmis experiment: Particle size spectra (d > 15 nm) and volatility

  • Stephan A. Nyeki
  • , Martin Gysel
  • , Ernest Weingartner
  • , Urs Baltensperger
  • , Regina Hitzenberger
  • , Andreas Petzold
  • , Christopher William Wilson

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    Abstract

    Size distributions (d > 15 nm) and volatile properties of combustion particles were measured during test-rig experiments on a jet engine, consisting of a combustor and three simulated turbine stages (HES). The combustor was operated to simulate legacy (inlet temperature 300°C) and contemporary (500°C) cruise conditions, using kerosene with three different fuel sulfur contents (FSC; 50, 400 and 1300 œg g -1). Measurements found that contemporary cruise conditions resulted in lower number emission indices (EIN15) and higher geometric mean particle diameter (dG) than for legacy conditions. Increasing FSC resulted in an overall increase in EI N15 and decrease in dG. The HES stages or fuel additive (APA101) had little influence on EIN15 or d G, however, this is uncertain due to the measurement variability. EIN15 for non-volatile particles was largely independent of all examined conditions. Copyright 2004 by the American Geophysical Union.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article numberL18105
    Number of pages4
    JournalGeophysical Research Letters
    Volume31
    Issue number18
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004

    Austrian Fields of Science 2012

    • 1030 Physics, Astronomy

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