Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment

·       Aircraft emissions from alternative fuel usage:

o   January 2009 & January/February 2011

o   Palmdale, California

o   Fuels made from natural gas, coal, tallow and camelina

·       Results:

o   Alternative Energy News Article

o   Reductions of up to 90% for alternative fuel usage (Beyersdorf et al., 2014)

o   Reductions are linked in lower aromatic and sulfur content of the fuel (Moore et al., 2015)

         

Setting up instrumentation before AAFEX-1                              LARGE Research Group (2009)

                     

   Sampling behind aircraft engine                       Soot reductions (Beyersdorf et al., 2014)