Atmospheric Pollution by Aircraft Engines
Abstract
As part of the growing concern in many developed countries with questions of ecology and environment, aircraft are being heavily criticized as contributing a significant share of pollution. Although the major objection is to noise, objections are also raised concerning smoke, fumes, and smells ascribed to aircraft. As a result, work is in progress to assess the impact of military and civil aviation on pollution levels by determining the nature and quantifying the extent of aircraft produced pollution for comparison with pollution from other sources. The main areas of interest involved in the meeting were: effects of pollution at very high altitudes; effects of pollution near airports; methods for reduction of pollutant production in combustion processes and in engines. Therefore, the meeting covered both the problem of pollution generation, especially related to nitric oxide, and the problem of diffusion. In addition it discussed some of the effects of the production of pollutants in the atmosphere. The meeting included a review of physiological effects due to pollutants.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0769278
Entities
Organizations
- AGARD