Biofuel blending reduces particle emissions from aircraft engines at cruise conditions

Nature

Volumn 543, Issue 7645, 2017, Pages 411-415

  Moore, Richard H ^a   Thornhill, Kenneth L ^a,b   Weinzierl, Bernadett ^c,d   Sauer, Daniel ^c,e   D'Ascoli, Eugenio ^c,e   Kim, Jin ^c   Lichtenstern, Michael ^c   Scheibe, Monika ^c   Beaton, Brian ^a   Beyersdorf, Andreas J ^a,f   Barrick, John ^a,b   Bulzan, Dan ^g   Corr, Chelsea A ^a,h   Crosbie, Ewan ^a,i   Jurkat, Tina ^c   Martin, Robert ^a   Riddick, Dean ^a   Shook, Michael ^a,b   Slover, Gregory ^a   Voigt, Christiane ^c,j   White, Robert ^a   Winstead, Edward ^a,b   Yasky, Richard ^a   Ziemba, Luke D ^a   Brown, Anthony ^k   Schlager, Hans ^c   Anderson, Bruce E ^a   more..

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ NASA Postdoctoral Program   (United States)

^j JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; AEROSOL; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; BIOFUEL; CIRRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EMISSION; ENGINE;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AEROSOL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CAMELINA;

AEROSOLS; AIRCRAFT; BIOFUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 85015625394     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature21420     Document Type: Article

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