Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 93 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Yasin Sohret

Modeling joint parameters to make sense of helicopter induced emissions effects: greener rotorcraft

Selcuk Ekici

This study aims to ascertain the greenest helicopters by modeling joint parameters to make sense of induced emissions effects of helicopters allocated to various categories.

Investigation on performance and combustion of compression ignition aviation piston engine burning biodiesel and diesel

Rui Liu, Wanzhong Zhao, Zhenyu Wang, Xiaqing Liu

This study aims to contrastively investigate the effects of biodiesel and diesel on the power, economy and combustion characteristics of a compression ignition aviation piston…

Prediction of burning performance and emissions indexes of a turboprop motor with artificial neural network

Kiyas Kayaalp, Sedat Metlek

The purpose of this paper is to estimate different air–fuel ratio motor shaft speed and fuel flow rates under the performance parameters depending on the indices of combustion…

Hydrogen as the futuristic fuel for the aviation and aerospace industry – review

P. Gunasekar, S. Manigandan, Praveen Kumar T.R.

The rise in demand and high utilization of fuel causes severe environmental threat for the nations on the globe. Rapid burning potential of hydrogen produces enormous amount of…

Environmental impact of pollutants from commercial aircrafts at Hasan Polatkan airport

Vehbi Emrah Atasoy, Ahmet Esat Suzer, Selcuk Ekici

This paper aims to investigate the environmental impact of various pollutant emissions including carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrogen oxide (NO_x) and hydrocarbon…

Evaluation of the potential of commercial use of microalgae in the world and in Ukraine

Lesia Pavliukh, Sergii Shamanskyi, Sergii Boichenko, Artur Jaworski

This paper aims to evaluate of the microalgae potential for commercial application, in particular to conduct experimental study of biogenic compounds removal from sewage waters by…

Turbojet direct-thrust control scheme for full-envelope fuel consumption minimization

Francisco Villarreal-Valderrama, Carlos Santana Delgado, Patricia Del Carmen Zambrano-Robledo, Luis Amezquita-Brooks

Reducing fuel consumption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during transient operation is a cornerstone to achieve environment-friendly operations. The purpose of this paper is…

Optimization of combustion and performance parameters by intake-charge conditions in a small-scale air-cooled hydrogen fuelled SI engine suitable for use in piston-prop aircraft

Habib Gürbüz

Spark ignition (SI) engines are used in a wide area in the transportation industry, from road vehicles to piston-prop aircraft. On the other hand, the decrease in reserves of…

Energy and exergy prices of the jet kerosene fuel with carbon emission equivalents for an aircraft used in the air transport sector in Turkey

Ibrahim Yildiz, Hakan Caliskan

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the energy and exergy prices and carbon emission equivalents of the jet kerosene (Jet A-1) fuel considering 12 months data for an air…

Emissions prediction of an aero-piston gasoline engine during surveillance flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle

Ali Dinc, Murat Otkur

The purpose of this study is to perform the preliminary design, flight performance and exhaust emissions calculations of a piston engine powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV…

Study of low load performance on a two-stroke direct injection spark ignition aero-piston engine fuelled with diesel

Rui Liu, Haocheng Ji, Minxiang Wei

The purpose of this paper is to investigate power performance, economy and hydrocarbons (HC)/carbon monoxide (CO) emissions of diesel fuel on a two-stoke direct injection (DI…

Research on influencing factors of fuel tank flammability exposure time for transport aircraft

Zhang Ruihua, Weihua Liu, Wenyi Liu

The assessment of fuel tank flammability exposure time for transport aircraft is one of the indispensable links in the airworthiness certification process. According to published…

Lead emissions from the use of leaded avgas in Turkey

Onder Altuntas

This study aims to present the impact of using leaded avgas in piston-prop aircraft, in Turkey.

Lowest emission sustainable aviation biofuels as the potential replacement for the Jet-A fuels

Anderson A., Karthikeyan A., Ramesh Kumar C., Ramachandran S., Praveenkumar T.R.

The purpose of this study is to predict the performance and emission characteristics of micro gas turbine engines powered by alternate fuels. The micro gas turbine engine…

Influence of high oxygenated biofuels on micro-gas turbine engine for reduced emission

Booma Devi, Venkatesh S., Rakesh Vimal, Praveenkumar T.R.

This paper aims to investigate the effect of additives in Jet-A fuel blends, especially on performance, combustion and emission characteristics.

Comparative study by DTM for unsteady viscous flow between the jet engines combustion unit subjected to inclined magnetic field

V.W.J. Anand, S. Ganesh, Seripah Awang Kechil

The purpose of this study to analyze the unsteady magneto hydrodynamic incompressible viscous fluid flow along the porous parallel plates in which constant periodic…