The annual advisory board review discussed a project to develop an interface to quantify the impact of new technologies, operational techniques, and low-carbon fuels on NAS-wide CO2 emissions. The agenda included an overview of the team organization, project objectives to meet IATA's 2050 emission reduction goals, and methodology using a modeling tool. The tool would evaluate investments in efficient aircraft, NextGen operations, and low-carbon propulsion to determine the most effective strategies to reduce CO2 emissions across the NAS.
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Annual Advisory Board Review Tool
1. 23rd Annual External Advisory Board Review – April, 2014 – Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Dr. Mavris
Research Engineer: Dr. Pfaender
Project Manager: Matt Schmit
Chief Engineer: Erik Viken
2014 NASA Tech Integration
Grand Challenge
2. Thank Sponsors
• Thank you to NASA and Mr. Robert A. Pearce for the opportunity
to work on this project
• Special thanks to:
– Advisors: Dr. Mavris and Dr. Pfaender
– PhD Students: Muhammed Hassan, and Matt LeVine
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3. Team
Organization
Case Study
Project Overview
Model Plan and
Requirements
Case Study
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project Overview
Team
Organization
Agenda
3
• Team Organization
• Project Overview
– Describe project objectives
– Provide motivation for our work
– Discuss findings from background research
• Methodology of our Process
– Describe goals of our tool
– Outline the process and assumptions of tool
• Case Study
– Demonstration of tool
• Concluding Remarks
– Summarize work and results
– Discuss future plans
Conclusions and
Future Work
Conclusions and
Future Work
4. Team Organization
Prof. Dimitri Mavris
Faculty Advisor
ASDL
Mohammed Hassan
Technical Advisor
Matthew LeVine
Technical Advisor
Matthew Schmit
Project Manager
Erik Viken
Chief Engineer
Charlotte Gill Aubrey Clausse Stephen Kim
Dr. Jens Holger Pfaender
Research Engineer
4
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
5. Modeling Environment?
Project Objectives
5
• Develop an interface capable of quantifying
NAS wide impact on CO2 emissions of:
– New technologies
– NextGen operational techniques
– Low-carbon propulsion & biofuels
• Provide tool for evaluating most effective way
to invest in the “strategic thrusts”
• Allow for real-time evaluation:
– Fuel Burn
– CO2 emissions
• Capturing functional dependence between
the dynamics of change and environmental
impact:
– Given a set of changes, what will be the net
impact?
– Given a specific environmental goal, how can I
alter the dynamics to meet that goal?
Dynamics of Change
System Level
Environmental
Impact
1
2
1
2
Motivation
Matt Schmit
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
6. Climate Change
• Anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) are
believed to be a major contributor
• Why focus on CO2?
– Radiative forcing
– Direct correlation between temperature CO2 concentration
6
Major GHG Include:
N2O
CH4
CO2
Matt Schmit
Increasing heat trapping ability per molecule
Increasing radiative forcing of GHG
[1]
[2]
Credit: IPCC [12]
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
7. Global Carbon Cycle
7
Matt Schmit
• Carbon Cycle represents the fluctuation of
Earth’s Carbon between sources and sinks
• Major Carbon Sinks:
– Oceans – Plant photosynthesis
– Earth’s crust – Atmosphere
– Fossil fuel reserves
• Major Carbon Emission Sources:
– Fossil fuels
– Net land use change
– Plant respiration
• IPCC estimates that the amount of CO2 in
the atmosphere is increasing by ≈14.8 billion
tons a year
– Without fossil fuel emissions, CO2 concentration
would decrease by ≈14.01 billion tons a year
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
Credit: IPCC [12]
𝟏 𝐏𝐠𝐂 = 𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 = 𝟑. 𝟕 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐎 𝟐
To achieve a balanced Carbon Cycle, fossil fuel
emissions must be reduced by ≈51%
8. CO2 Emissions in Aviation
• Commercial aviation contributed ≈ 2% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions in 2013 [3]
• Air traffic operations are forecasted by the FAA to steadily increase through 2050
• In 2009, the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) adopted three
high-level goals to mitigate aviation greenhouse emissions through 2050 [3]
– Average improvement in fuel efficiency of 2% per year from 2009 to 2020
– Carbon-neutral growth by 2020 relative to 2005 levels
– Reduction in net CO2 emissions of 50% by 2050 relative to 2005 levels
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Matt Schmit
[5]
Recession
[4]
No action
taken
Number of Operations
Steadily Increasing
Recession
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
9. [4]
CO2 Emissions in Aviation
9
Matt Schmit
• Commercial aviation contributed ≈ 2% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions in 2013 [3]
• Air traffic operations are forecasted by the FAA to steadily increase through 2050
• In 2009, the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) adopted three
high-level goals to mitigate aviation greenhouse emissions through 2050 [3]
– Average improvement in fuel efficiency of 2% per year from 2009 to 2020
– Carbon-neutral growth by 2020 relative to 2005 levels
– Reduction in net CO2 emissions of 50% by 2050 relative to 2005 levels
• Plan to achieve these CO2 emission goals using a series of “strategic thrusts”
Thrust 3: Low Carbon
Propulsion & Biofuels
Thrust 2: NextGen /
Efficient Flight Path
Management
Thrust 1: Ultra-Efficient
Aircraft Technologies
Which thrusts should be invested in order to achieve the desired
reduction in CO2 emissions?
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
10. Thrust 1: Efficient Aircraft Technologies
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Matt Schmit
• Achieve reduction in CO2 emissions by
improving fuel efficiency of aircraft
– Technologies will be pursued as long as they
present an economic advantage
• What is the expected improvement?
– What is the reference point?
– When will the technology/aircraft be ready for
entry into service?
– What is the scope of the application?
• Evolution of fleet must account for: aircraft
retirements, replacements, and fleet growth
– Retired vehicles are replaced with newer ones
(replacement vehicles)
– In addition, new vehicles are added to satisfy
operational growth (according to forecast)
• Future fleet will be dominated by new-
generation technology vehicles incorporating
technologies from: CLEEN, ERA, and N+3
Airbus A320
Airbus A320Neo
15% Improvement in
Fuel Efficiency
Expected Starting 2016
Seating capacity: 150 – 189
Range: up to 3,300 nmi
Baseline Fleet
Future Fleet
Retired
Vehicles
Replacement
Vehicles
Fleet
Growth
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
11. Thrust 1: Efficient Aircraft Technologies
11
Matt Schmit
• FAA CLEEN (Continuous Lower Energy,
Emissions, and Noise) Program (N+1
Vehicle)
– By 2015, Technology Readiness Level of 4 – 6
– Adaptive Trailing Edge
– Ceramic Matrix Composite Nozzle
• ERA (Environmentally Responsible Aviation)
Project (N+2 Vehicle)
– By 2020, Technology Readiness Level of 4 – 6
– AFC Vertical Tail
– Flow Control Concepts for Drag Reduction
• NASA (N+3 Concepts)
– By 2035, Technology Readiness Level of 4 – 6
– Advanced vehicle concepts
– Hybrid electric distributed propulsion
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
[16]
Hybrid Wing-Body Advanced Concept
[17]
Hybrid Electric Distribution Propulsion
[15]
AFC Vertical Tail
[13]
Adaptive Trailing Edge
[14]
Ceramic Matrix Composite Nozzles
Drag Reduction via Laminar Flow
12. These technologies allow for improved operational capabilities, but
do not impact the fuel burn efficiency of aircraft.
• Flight management shift to smarter, satellite-based, digital technologies and new procedures
– Improve throughput and airport capacity while maintaining safety
Thrust 2: FAA NextGen Operations
12
Matt Schmit
Reduction in
CO2 Emissions
Fuel Savings
[7]
[8] [9]
• Data Communication (Data Comm)
– Digital data exchange between air traffic control
and pilots
Reduce Flight
Time / Delays
Improved Operational
Capabilities
[10]
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance-
Broadcast (ADS-B) In/Out
– More precise tracking leads to more direct routes
Notable NextGen Programs
Improved Operational Capabilities
• Optimized Profile Descent (OPD) • Required Navigation Performance (RNP)
13. Thrust 3: Transition to Low-Carbon Propulsion
13
Matt Schmit
• Low-Carbon propulsion options:
– Biofuels (Near term solution)
– Alternative fuel sources (Far term solution)
• Biofuels
– Consider “Well to Pump” CO2 emissions
– “Drop-In” fuels
– CO2 reduction dependent on percent blend of
mixture, and specific biofuel used
– Requires fuel to be sustainable
• Alternative fuel sources
– Non “Drop-In” fuel alternatives
• Hydrogen
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
• Hybrid Electric Vehicle
– Require extensive development as well as
safety and design certification (available 2040 –
2050 timeframe)
[11]
Fossil Fuels Biofuels
Boeing Phantom Eye Boeing Sugar Freeze
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
NASA Hybrid Electric Concept
14. Global Market Measures
14
Matt Schmit
• Last resort to fill in the gaps if desired CO2
reductions aren’t met in time
– Economic incentives to reduce carbon emissions
• Carbon Tax
– Carbon “pollution’ fee assessed to carbon content
of fuels
– Factored into airline ticket price
– Increased ticket price → less passengers →
reduced operations → reduced CO2 emissions
• Carbon offsetting
– unit of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) that is
reduced, avoided, or sequestered to compensate
for emissions occurring elsewhere [19]
– i.e. planting forests to offset carbon emissions
Motivation
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Project
Objectives
Strategic
Thrusts
Team
Organization
[4]
15. Global Perspective of NAS Analysis and Forecasting
15
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Strategic
Initiatives
Aircraft
Technologies
NextGen
Low Carbon
Propulsion
CFD, Engine Modeling, Vehicle Sizing
and Integration, Mission Profile
Optimization, Air Traffic Models Finite
Element Analysis
Operational
Improvements
Alternative
Fuels/Propulsion
Fuel Burn
Reduction
Aero
Technologies Fuel
Burn Reduction
M&S
Environment
National Airspace
M&S Environment
Vehicle Level
Improvements
Decision
Making
Forecasted NAS
Impact
Fleet-Wide Fuel Burn Analysis and
Forecasting Environment
Matt Schmit
16. Need for New Forecast Environment
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Matt Schmit
- Traffic
- Weather
- Management
- Other factors
Variation
- Flight time and distance
- Loitering time
- Time on the ground
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
• Most forecast tools utilize distance as
metric to calculate fuel burn
– No available database for actual flight distance
– Great circle distance is used, but not accurate
– Deterministic model
• Use flight time as fuel burn metric
– Publically available databases
– Capable of modeling with probabilistic approach
• Modeling uncertainties:
– Uncertainties interact and propagate across fleet
– Flight time captures these uncertainties
– Can create probabilistic time model by segment
Uncertainties Exist:
Variation in Flight Time:
Must account for
variation in flight times
Clear need to develop new, probabilistic forecasting environment.
RamptoRampTime(min)
Distance (mi)
17. • Requirements for NAS wide assessment of
future CO2 emissions:
– Determine current fleet network
– Determine probabilistic operational times
– Establish future network
– Model impact of NextGen operation techniques
– Model impact of future vehicle performance
– Model impact of biofuels
– Evaluate NAS wide CO2 emissions
• Architectural environment that satisfies the
requirements
• Future Air Traffic Emissions Modeling
Environment
Evaluate
NAS Wide
CO2
Emissions
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Model Plan and Requirements
17
Determine
Current
Fleet
Network
1
Determine
Probabilistic
Operational
Times
2
Establish
Future
Network
3
Model
NextGen
Operation
Techniques
4
Model
Impact of
Biofuels
6
Model
Future
Vehicle
Performance
5
Matt Schmit
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Model Future Operations
Modeling Improvement
Evaluate CO2 Emissions
18. 18
Determine
Probabilistic
Operational
Times
Model Impact
of Biofuels
Establish
Future
Network
Model Future
Vehicle
Performance
Model
NextGen
Operation
Techniques
Determine
Current Fleet
Network
Evaluate NAS
Wide CO2
Emissions
Matt Schmit
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Evaluate
NAS Wide
CO2
Emissions
7
Determine
Current
Fleet
Network
1
Determine
Probabilistic
Operational
Times
2
Establish
Future
Network
3
Model
NextGen
Operation
Techniques
4
Model
Impact of
Biofuels
6
Model
Future
Vehicle
Performance
5
20. Determine Current Fleet Network
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• Need a NAS wide performance model for:
– Taxi out time
– Air time
– Taxi in time
• Performance model should be specific to
aircraft class
• On Time Performance Data
– Aircraft Tail #
– Origin
– Destination
– Air time, Taxi in, Taxi out
• N-Inquiry: FAA registry of aircraft
– Tail number
– Specific aircraft type
Tail # Origin Dest Taxi Out Air Time Taxi In
N525US ATL BOS 19 105 13
N143DA ATL LAX 16 256 15
N172AA BOS ORF 15 110 10
Tail # Aircraft Type
N525US 757-251
N143DA 767-332
N172AA A320-200
Aircraft Type Origin Dest Taxi Out Air Time Taxi In
757-251 ATL BOS 19 105 13
767-332 ATL LAX 16 256 15
A320-200 BOS ORF 15 110 10
Available Public Databases
Time Breakdown:
On Time Performance Data: N-Inquiry:
Combined Database:
Aubrey Clausse
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
22. Probabilistic Time Modeling
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• Factors of influence on time performance
• Classification needed
– Airport size
– Aircraft class
• Creation of distribution database
– Taxi In
– Taxi Out
– Air Time
• Enable to generate new flight times
– Based on the current NAS system
– No new routes added
– Behavior of the NAS independent of the
number of flight
0
20
'ATL' 'BOS' 'LAS' 'SFO'
Time(min)
Airport City
Average Taxi Out
0
25
'717' '757' 'A330'
Time(min)
Aircraft Type
Atlanta
Average Taxi out
Input Impacts:
Fitting Distribution:
Origin Class 1 Class 2 …
ATL 𝑝 = 𝑓(𝑡) … …
BOS … … …
Distribution Database – Taxi Out
Generate New Flight Time:
Origin Dest Class1
ATL BOS 1200
0
100
1 16 31
Count
Time (min)
Taxi Out - ATL
0
200
1 11 21
Count
Time (min)
Taxi In - BOS
0
90 105 120 135 150
Count
Time (min)
Air Time - ATL-BOS
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0
2000
4000
6000
1 11 21 31 41 51
Count
Time (min)
ATL - Taxi Out – Class 1
0
2000
4000
6000
1 11 21 31 41 51
Count
Time (min)
ATL - Taxi Out – Class 1
- Airport
- Type of Aircraft
- Weather
- Queue Management
- Other factors
Probabilistic Approach
- Type of Aircraft
- Airport
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
23. Classification
23
• Airport Classification
– Commercial Service Airports
• Public Owned
• At least 2,500 passengers per year
– Primary Hub
• More than 10,000 passengers per year
• Aircraft Classification
– Based on previous work done at ASDL [18]
– Vehicle grouped by
• Fuel burned
• NOx emissions
• Sound Exposure Level
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Name Large Hub Medium Hub Small Hub
NonHub
Primary
Annual
Passenger
Boardings
NP > 1%
NP< 1%
NP>0.25%
NP< 0.25 %
NP> 0.05 %
NP< 0.05%
Airport Classification Definition
Aircraft Classification
Aircraft Class Acronym Example(s)
Small Regional Jet SRJ CRJ2-ER / ERJ 135
Large Regional Jet LRJ CRJ-900 / ERJ 170
Small Single Aisle SSA B737-7 / A319-1
Large Single Aisle LSA B737-9 / A320-2
Small Twin Aisle STA B767-3 / A330-2
Large Twin Aisle LTA B777
Very Large Aircraft VLA B747
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
Classifications represent averaged vehicle
properties for a given group of similar aircraft
NP = percentage of annual passenger boardings at a given airport
25. • Baseline network established
– Total number of operation for every airport
– On Time Performance database
• Terminal Area Forecast
– Forecast future operations at every airport
– Demand driven forecast
• Fares, regional demographics factors
• Local/National economic conditions
• Fratar Distribution Algorithm
– Distribute total operations between origin and
destination airports of network
– Iterative process
• Assumptions:
– Network structure stays the same
– Operations based on growth of Origin and
Destination
Future Network
25
Baseline Operations
Forecast Operations
… …
… …
… …
…
… …
…
… …
Origin
Destination
Σ…
Σ…
Σ…
Σ…
Σ…
Σ…
Σ…
Total
number of
operations
for every
airport
… …
… …
… …
…
… …
…
… …
Origin
Destination
Total
number of
operations
for every
airport
Fratar
Distribution
Algorithm
Aubrey Clausse
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
26. Generating Future Flight Times
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• Read in forecast for every year
– Number of flights per year for every OD pair
– Group by aircraft class
• Generate future flight and taxi times
– For each OD pair
– For each class of aircraft
– Based on probabilistic models of NAS
• Operational times are stored in Flight Time
Database
• Assumptions:
– Proportions of aircraft class flown between
each OD pair are known
– Next generations of vehicles introduced in
future network replace aircraft of similar class
Origin Destination Number of Flights
ATL BOS 1200
BOS LAS 1500
Future Flight Forecast:
Origin Dest Class 1 … Class 4
ATL BOS 288 … 912
BOS LAS 700 … 800
Origin Dest Class Taxi Out Air Time Taxi In
ATL BOS 1 [10,15,...] [97, 92,…] [5, 8,...]
ATL BOS 4 [14,19,...] [88, 95,…] [10, 12,...]
BOS LAS 3 [8,18,...] [132, 128,…] [7, 9,...]
BOS LAS 4 [12,9,...] [130, 142,…] [12, 15,...]
0
50
100
1 11 21 31
Count
Time (min)
Taxi Out - ATL
0
200
1 6 11 16 21
Count
Time (min)
Taxi In - BOS
Flight Time Database:
0
20
40
60
90 105 120 135 150
Count
Time (min)
Air Time - ATL-BOS
Forecast by Aircraft Class:
Class 1
24%
Class 4
76%
Aubrey Clausse
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
28. Origin Class 1 … Class 4
ATL 𝑝1 = 𝑓(𝑡) … 𝑝2 = 𝑓(𝑡)
BOS 𝑝3 = 𝑓(𝑡) … 𝑝4 = 𝑓(𝑡)
Modeling Impact of New Operations
28
• Operation performances are modeled by:
– Probabilistic model
– Based on historical data
• Introducing operation improvement:
– Efficiency (mean) improvement
– Consistency (variance) improvement
• Flexibility in implementation:
– Year of introduction
– Airport affected
– Class of aircraft affected
Updated Operations
Database
Taxi Out
Model the NAS performance:
0
0.1
0 10 20 30 40
Probability
Time (min)
Consistency Improvement
Original
Variance: -20%
0
0.1
0 10 20 30 40
Probability
Time (min)
Efficiency Improvement
Original
Mean: -10%
Flexibility in implementation:
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
Aubrey Clausse
30. Modeling Future Vehicle Performance Impact
30
• Modeling vehicle performance for each
aircraft class:
– Air time: regression coefficients of fuel burn
vs. air time
– Taxi: idle fuel flow coefficients of engine
(constant)
• Introducing performance improvement:
– Technology packages
• Contain fuel flow coefficients for each class of aircraft
– User can specify new or additional set of
technology packages
• Flexibility in implementation:
– Year of introduction
– Technology package used
– Percentage of the fleet affected
Flexibility in implementation:
Aubrey Clausse
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
N+1
N+2
N+3
Forecasting
Environment
Fuel Flow Rates
31. Model Impact
of Biofuels
31
Determine
Probabilistic
Operational
Times
Establish
Future
Network
Model Future
Vehicle
Performance
Model
NextGen
Operation
Techniques
Determine
Current Fleet
Network
Evaluate NAS
Wide CO2
Emissions
Aubrey Clausse
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
32. Assumptions for Modeling Biofuels
32
• CO2 emissions of biofuels are
dependent on control volume
– Flight emissions identical to fossil fuels
– Transportation, refining, and distribution
processes comparable to fossil fuels
– Receive “Biomass Credit” from
feedstock growth
• Final CO2 emissions reduced due to
“Biomass Credit”
– CO2 reduction is function of biofuel
percent blend and type of biofuel used
– Fuel burn is still identical
• Flexibility in implementation:
– Type of biofuel used
– Year of implementation
– Biofuel percent blend
– Percentage of the fleet using biofuel
Aubrey Clausse
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
Flight Emissions
Processing and Refining
Transport
Distribution
Feedstock Growth
Biomass Credits
Control Volume
𝑪𝑶 𝟐 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒔 = 𝑪𝑶 𝟐 𝒇𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒔
Flexibility in implementation:
𝑪𝑶 𝟐 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒔 ≈ 𝑪𝑶 𝟐 𝒇𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒔𝑪𝑶 𝟐 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒔 < 𝑪𝑶 𝟐 𝒇𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒔CO2 emissions:
34. Evaluating NAS Wide CO2 Emissions
34
• Apply operational performance changes
– Adjust efficiency/consistency of operations
– Generate flight and taxi times for all OD pairs
for each year
• Calculate NAS wide fuel burn
– Fuel burn for a given flight is based on:
• Aircraft type (Performance)
• Stage time spent in each operational phase
– Summation across all OD pairs
• CO2 emissions is directly proportional to
fuel burn
• Apply reductions to CO2 emissions due to
use of biofuels where applicable
Total CO2 emissions ∝ Total Fuel Burn
Final CO2 emissions = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑂2 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 − 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑠
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0
0.1
0 10 20 30 40
Probability
Time (min)
Consistency Improvement
Original
Variance: -20%
0
0.1
0 10 20 30 40
Probability
Time (min)
Efficiency Improvement
Original
Mean: -10%
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Improvement
Future
Operations
Evaluate CO2
Emissions
Total Fuel Burn =
j=OD pair i=AC Type k=Op. Phase m=Stage Time
Performancej,i,k ∗ Timej,i,k,m
35. Case Study
35
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Thrusts
Overview
Demo
Matt Schmit
• Created flight time probability distributions based on 2010 On Time Performance database
– Used Fratar algorithm to forecast operations through 2050
• Used work previously done at ASDL to model flight performance of baseline aircraft fleet
– Aircraft modeled in Environmental Design Space (EDS)
• Conducted a review of industry leaders and policy makers
– Based impacts and implementations of strategic thrust on their estimations
36. Thrust 1: Efficient Aircraft Technologies
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• New technologies will be implemented on
new vehicles
– Entered as technology packages containing fuel
burn for each class of aircraft
• Boeing’s Market Outlook was used to predict
the number of new aircraft per year [21]
– Includes number of replacement vehicles and fleet
growth vehicles
– Depending on the year, N+1, N+2 or N+3 goals
were applied to find the fuel burn reduction
• Fuel burn reductions applied relative to
baseline fleet
– EDS physics based models used to calculate fuel
burn of baseline fleet
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Thrusts
Overview
Demo
Matt Schmit
N+1
(2015)
N+2
(2020)
N + 3
(2025)
Aircraft Fuel/Energy
Consumption [22]
(rel. to 2005 best in class)
-33% -50% -60%
37. Thrust 2: FAA NextGen Operations
37
• Required Navigation Performance
– Allows aircraft to fly wind optimal routes
– CNA solutions and analysis conducted a study on
flight time reductions when using 4-D flight routing
• Optimized Profile Descent (OPD)
– Used effectively in NAS
– US Airways flight into Washington Reagan saved
70 gallons [9]
• Can enter flight time reductions into tool
– Flight time reduction decreases total fuel burn,
decreasing CO2 emissions
– OPD modeled by converting fuel savings to a
reduction in flight time
[23]
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Thrusts
Overview
Demo
Matt Schmit
[9]
Optimized Profile Descent
Required Navigation Performance
38. Thrust 3: Transition to Low-Carbon Propulsion
38
2010 2015 2020
Scenario 0.00% 10.00% 23.40%
Percent Replacement
Year
FT-CBTL
(millions of gallons)
HEFA-J
(millions of gallons)
2013 124.2 153.2
… … …
2020 1046.3 2673.7
Availability
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Thrusts
Overview
Demo
Matt Schmit
Biofuels
• U.S. Department of Transportation study
on use of biofuels through 2020 [20]
– Availability of biofuels
– Demand of biofuels (replacement over
conventional jet fuel)
– Extrapolated to get estimations through 2050
• Modeled impact of two biofuels:
– Hydro-Processed Esters and Fatty Acids
(HEFA)
– Fischer-Tropsch Coal/Biomass to Liquid
(FT-CBTL)
• Not directly modeled yet
– Assumed notional values for CO2 reductions
Alternative Fuel Sources
39. Demo of FATE
39
Matt Schmit
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Thrusts
Overview
Demo
40. Proof of Concept
• Our results indicate that new efficient aircraft
technologies will have greatest impact
– Modeling low-carbon propulsion will improve results
– Economic measures are likely to be required
• FATE demonstrates a capability
– Probabilistic model of ramp-to-ramp flight times
– Uses inputs from high fidelity M&S tools
– Provides real time feedback
• Results are only as reliable as inputs
– Our work based on public domain databases
– Impacts based on industry predictions and forecasts
– Accuracy and fidelity of tool could be greatly improved if
given access to better databases
40
Matt Schmit
Methodology used in FATE is effective and viable for modeling NAS wide
impact of strategic thrust on CO2 emissions.
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
Modeling
Thrusts
Overview
Demo
41. [4]
Conclusion and Future Work
• FATE provides the capability to quantify and
evaluate the NAS wide impact of: technologies,
operational improvements, and biofuels
– Aid in determining which strategic thrusts to invest in
– Provides real-time estimations of CO2 emissions
– Flexibility to add new components to tool
• Future Work:
– Model low-carbon propulsion technologies
– Quantify interaction between operations and
technologies
– Add capability to vary assumptions to assess their
impacts
– Capture economic measures through reduction in
operations
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Matt Schmit
Inputs and Parameters
• Base Fleet Composition
• Base Flight Operations
• Technology Packages
• Biofuel Packages
Outputs and Metrics
• NAS Wide Fuel Burn
through 2050
• NAS Wide CO2
Emissions through 2050
Project Overview
Case Study
Conclusions and
Future Work
Model Plan and
Requirements
Team
Organization
43. References
1. "How Much Has the Global Temperature Risen in the Last 100 Years? | UCAR - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research." University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research. National Center for Atmospheric Research, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2015. <https://www2.ucar.edu/news/how-much-has-global-temperature-risen-last-100-years>.
2. "Global Climate Change Indicators." National Climate Data Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2015.
<http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/indicators/>.
3. “IATA Technology Road Map." IATA Technology Roadmap. IATA, 4th Edition, June 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2014.
4. Rogers, M. M., “Technical Challenges to Reducing Subsonic Transport Drag,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
URL:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120006660_2012004695.pdf
5. Georgia Tech paper on CO2 emissions
6. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jan/16/greenhouse-gases-remain-air
7. "How Plane Finder Works Using ADS-B." Planefindernet RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. <http://planefinder.net/about/ads-b-how-planefinder-works/>.
8. "Performance Based Navigation (PBN)." NextGen Performance Based Navigation (PBN) (n.d.): n. pag. June 2013. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
9. NextGen Update 2014. Tech. Washington D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration, 2014. Print.
10. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/atc_comms_services/datacomm/documentation/media/brochures/90818_DataComm_11x1
7_PRINT4.pdf
11. http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/sustainable-aviation-fuel/global/en
12. Gunnar Myhre (Norway), Drew Shindell (Usa). Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. (n.d.): n. pag. IPCC. Interngovernmental Panel of Climate Change. Web.
13. https://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/november/nasa-tests-revolutionary-shape-changing-aircraft-flap-for-the-first-time/
14. http://globalaviationreport.com/2014/12/23/boeing-2014-top-photos/
15. http://aviationweek.com/technology/757-ecodemo-focuses-laminar-and-active-flow
16. http://www.nasa.gov/content/down-to-earth-future-aircraft-0/#.VSvthfnF-So
17. http://www.slideshare.net/marcusforpresident2012/nasa-aviation-alternative-fuels-workshop
18. Matthew J. LeVine, Amelia Wilson, Dr. Michelle Kirby and Prof. Dimitri Mavris : Development of Generic Vehicles for Fleet-Level Analysis of Noise and Emissions Tradeoffs,
AIAA Aviation, 16-20 June 2014, Atlanta, GA
19. http://www.wri.org/publication/bottom-line-offsets
20. Lewis, Kristin, Shuchi Mitra, and Sheila Xu. Alternative Jet Fuel Scenario Analysis Report. Rep. no. DOT-VNTSC-FAA-12-01. U.S. Department of Transportation, Nov. 2012.
Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
21. “Current Market Outlook.” Boeing. Boeing, 2015. Web.
22. Collier, Fay. “Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project Real Solutions for Environmental Challenges Facing Aviation.” AIAA. NASA, 2012. Web.
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47. Technology and Fuel Cost
1973: Oil
Embargo
1975:
Advanced
Turboprop
Project
Announced
1980 and 1981:
Iranian
Revolution
and Iran-Iraq
War
1983: GE UDF
unveiled
1989: End of
Program
1986: UDF 1st
test flight on
7J7
48. Fratar Algorithm
• Iterative Growth Factor Method
• Two big assumptions:
1. The previous pattern for flights between origin and destination pairs will remain the same
2. The volume of trips will change according to the growth of the origin and destination airports
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traffic from
airport i to
airport j
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from airport i to airport j
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Growth factor:
• gi is the ratio of predicted future departures from airport i to previous year departures in airport i
• gj is the ratio of predicted future arrivals from airport j to previous year arrivals in airport j
Predictions come from TAF data, previous year operations are from BTS data
di= Total previous year departures at airport i
ai= Total previous year arrivals at airport j
tim=sum of all the traffic from airport I to airport m
tjm=sum of all the traffic from airport I to airport m
gm=growth factor airport m
All but gm are from BTS data. gm is found using TAF
Hinweis der Redaktion
Radiative forcing, or climate forcing, is defined as the difference between the sunlight absorbed by Earth and the energy radiated back into space
Typically quantified at the tropopause in units of watts per square meter of the Earth’s surface
Change word cominated
Time frame: http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/pdf/era_preproposal_n2_adv_vechicle2010.pdf
NASA ERA technologies: http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/iasp/era/index.htm
Drag reduction picture: https://www.aiaa.org/uploadedFiles/About-AIAA/Press-Room/Key_Speeches-Reports-and-Presentations/2012/Collier-NASA-AVC-AIAA-GEPC2-2.pdf
NextGen is the FAA’s initiative to improve flight management operations. They plan to accomplish by transitioning the current system towards smarter, satellite-based technologies while improving flight routes. This will lead to increased safety, reduced delays, fuel savings, and decreased emissions.
On the right is a list of some of the significant NextGen programs. (Point out one or two that look interesting and just read the bullet)
Data comm is a transition from verbal exchanges between pilots and controllers to digital messages projected onto the heads up displays
CSS-Wx is a unified weather database that pilots and controllers can access in order to keep up to date with the weather conditions in the NAS
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials is the standard of choice for the European Commission
Alternative jet fuel emits about the same amount of CO2 as conventional jet fuel when burned due to its chemical similarity to conventional jet fuel since it has to be made to be a drop in fuel. Companies can consider the lifecycle emissions of creating the biofuel to reduce the overall emissions into the atmosphere
While this allows some biofuels to have up to 80% less emissions than conventional fuel, the altitude of this fuel burn must be considered [1].
Critics of current EU biofuel policy say it is driving land-grabs in the developing world and diverting food crops to fuel use. Because of changes in land use, and resulting deforestation, first-generation biofuel is causing more CO2 to be released into the atmosphere than it saves through use as a fuel, it is alleged. Second-generation biofuel that is not derived from food crops should be incentivised in EU policy instead, say critics
Altitude:
***Alternative fuel emits the same amount of GHG as conventional jet fuel due to its chemical similarity, but some have worse effects at altitude, such as NOx.
***“With CO2, it doesn’t matter where the emissions take place-whether it be the tropics or the north pole, the impact is the same, which isnt the case for Nox emissions.”
[1] IATA 2011 Report on Alternative Fuels. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: International Air Transport Association, 2013. 2013. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. <http://www.iata.org/publications/Documents/2013-report-alternative-fuels.pdf>.
[2] “RSB GHG Calculation Methodology.” Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels 2.1 (2011): n. pag. 12 July 2012. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. <http://rsb.org/pdfs/12-12-20-RSB-STD-01-003-01-RSB-GHG-Calculation-Methodology-v2-1.pdf>.
[3] “The High-altitude Effects of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases Caused by Aviation Are Still Uncertain, Say Scientists on GreenAir Online.” GreenAir Online. N.p., 6 May 2008. Web. 02 Dec. 2014. <http://www.greenaironline.com/news.php?viewStory=278>.
[4] Keating, David. “Council Rejects Biofuel Compromise.” European Voice. N.p., 12 Dec. 2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2014. <http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/council-rejects-biofuel-compromise/>.
[5] “Boeing SUGAR volt Hybrid Airplane.” IEEE. May 2012. Web. 18 Oct. 2014.
[6] “Sustainable Aviation Fuel | Airbus, A Leading Aircraft Manufacturer.” Airbus. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2014. <http://www.airbus.com/innovation/eco-efficiency/operations/alternative-fuels/>.
Other considerations citations:
http://lae.mit.edu/fueling-the-future-of-flight/
Exemple of January 20
12 – ATL – BOS
Bigger fonts on on chart
Aircraft type instead of class
Show a chart that classifies aircraft types
1. Report on availability: Lewis, Kristin, Shuchi Mitra, and Sheila Xu. Alternative Jet Fuel Scenario Analysis Report. Rep. no. DOT-VNTSC-FAA-12-01. U.S. Department of Transportation, Nov. 2012. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
2. Report on CO2 emissions: Stratton, Russell W. "Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Non-CO2 Combustion Effects from Alternative Jet Fuels." Thesis. Queen's University, 2008. DSpace@MIT. 23 June 2010. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
3. http://www.airportsinternational.com/2010/09/greener-skies/4790
4. http://www.intechopen.com/source/html/42030/media/fig3.png
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Need a case study. ERA technology already in LAB, gives a bottom up assessment
Get figures from NextGen and Biofuels in future
Crude Oil first purchase price: http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=F000000__3&f=A
Crude oil price graph: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec9.pdf (page 2)
Articles on the matter:
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-short-happy-life-of-the-prop-fan-7856180/?no-ist
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/whatever-happened-to-propfans-214520/
http://www.sustainableaviation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/open-rotor-engine-briefing-paper.pdf (page 4)
Pictures:
First picture: http://blog.cafefoundation.org/quiet-may-be-the-new-black/
Second Picture: http://mrlarry.org/serendipity/
Third Picture: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/whatever-happened-to-propfans-214520/