Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s Flight
Climate change requires the reduction of energy consumption in transport and the associated fuel consumption, and emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. This issue is particularly relevant to air transport. Referring to the current legislative actions aimed at reducing the negative impact of ai...
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| description | Climate change requires the reduction of energy consumption in transport and the associated fuel consumption, and emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. This issue is particularly relevant to air transport. Referring to the current legislative actions aimed at reducing the negative impact of air transport on the environment, the paper describes the possibilities of reducing energy consumption and related emissions. The Boeing 737 aircraft equipped with Snecma CFM 56C engines was adopted for the research. The research problem focused on determining a cruising trajectory characterized by the shortest cruising time and the lowest energy consumption by the aircraft during the flight between two selected European airports in given meteorological conditions. In the analysis, the Dijsktra’s algorithm was applied and built-in MATLAB functions were used. Based on the studied case, it was shown that it was possible to reduce both energy consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by 10%. The novelty of the research described in the paper is the use of the energy approach and tying the energy parameters of the aircraft to the flight duration and pollutants emission in the cruise phase. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-618e98e3421e4b979b745d3108305f6c2023-11-21T18:24:15ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-05-01149263810.3390/en14092638Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s FlightMałgorzata Pawlak0Department of Ship Operation, Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University, 81-225 Gdynia, PolandClimate change requires the reduction of energy consumption in transport and the associated fuel consumption, and emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. This issue is particularly relevant to air transport. Referring to the current legislative actions aimed at reducing the negative impact of air transport on the environment, the paper describes the possibilities of reducing energy consumption and related emissions. The Boeing 737 aircraft equipped with Snecma CFM 56C engines was adopted for the research. The research problem focused on determining a cruising trajectory characterized by the shortest cruising time and the lowest energy consumption by the aircraft during the flight between two selected European airports in given meteorological conditions. In the analysis, the Dijsktra’s algorithm was applied and built-in MATLAB functions were used. Based on the studied case, it was shown that it was possible to reduce both energy consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by 10%. The novelty of the research described in the paper is the use of the energy approach and tying the energy parameters of the aircraft to the flight duration and pollutants emission in the cruise phase.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/9/2638energy consumption reductionemission reductionaircraftflight trajectory planning |
| spellingShingle | Małgorzata Pawlak Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s Flight Energies energy consumption reduction emission reduction aircraft flight trajectory planning |
| title | Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s Flight |
| title_full | Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s Flight |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s Flight |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s Flight |
| title_short | Effect of Energy Consumption Reduction on the Decrease of CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions during the Aircraft’s Flight |
| title_sort | effect of energy consumption reduction on the decrease of co sub 2 sub emissions during the aircraft s flight |
| topic | energy consumption reduction emission reduction aircraft flight trajectory planning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/9/2638 |
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