Innovative Box-Wing Aircraft: Emissions and Climate Change

The PARSIFAL project (Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement of Future AirpLanes) aims to promote an innovative box-wing aircraft: the PrandtlPlane. Aircraft developed adopting this configuration are expected to achieve a payload capability higher than common single aisle analogue...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-01, Vol.13 (6), p.3282
Main Authors: Tasca, Andrea Luca, Cipolla, Vittorio, Abu Salem, Karim, Puccini, Monica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerodynamics
Aerosols
Aircraft
Aircraft configurations
Airplane engines
Aviation
Carbon dioxide
Climate change
Computational fluid dynamics
Computer applications
Contrails
Emissions
Emissions trading
Exhaust emissions
Fluid dynamics
Gases
Global warming
Hydrodynamics
Mitigation
Nitrogen
Nitrogen oxides
Photochemicals
Sensitivity
Sulfur
Sustainability
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Summary:The PARSIFAL project (Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement of Future AirpLanes) aims to promote an innovative box-wing aircraft: the PrandtlPlane. Aircraft developed adopting this configuration are expected to achieve a payload capability higher than common single aisle analogues (e.g., Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 families), without any increase in the overall dimensions. We estimated the exhaust emissions from the PrandtlPlane and compared the corresponding impacts to those of a conventional reference aircraft, in terms of Global Warming Potential (GWP) and Global Temperature Potential (GTP), on two time-horizons and accounted for regional sensitivity. We considered carbon dioxide, carbonaceous and sulphate aerosols, nitrogen oxides and related ozone production, methane degradation and nitrate aerosols formation, contrails, and contrail cirrus. Overall, the introduction of the PrandtlPlane is expected to bring a considerable reduction of climate change in all the source regions considered, on both the time-horizons examined. Moreover, fuel consumption is expected to be reduced by 20%, as confirmed through high-fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. Sensitivity of data, models, and metrics are detailed. Impact reduction and mitigation strategies are discussed, as well as the gaps to be addressed in order to develop a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment on aircraft emissions.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13063282