Economic and environmental assessment of liquefied natural gas as a supplemental aircraft fuel

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-36

  Withers, Mitch R ^a   Malina, Robert ^a   Gilmore, Christopher K ^a   Gibbs, Jonathan M ^a   Trigg, Chris ^a   Wolfe, Philip J ^a   Trivedi, Parthsarathi ^a   Barrett, Steven R H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Fischer Tropsch; Life cycle; Liquefied naturalgas; Methane

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT FUELS; AVIATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUELS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GASES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; JET FUEL; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; METHANE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; OPERATING COSTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROFITTING; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT OPERATORS; CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; FISCHER TROPSCH; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG); RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

GAS FUEL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84919635790     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2013.12.002     Document Type: Review

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