The need for rapid mitigation of climate change and aviation-related emissions has been the driving force behind the development and deployment of alternative jet fuels (AJFs). Research efforts have mainly focused on hydrocarbons (and their blends) derived from non-petroleum feedstocks, designed to act as a direct replacement for conventional disti
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Sustainable aviation fuel pathways do not generally yield selective synthetic blend components in the aviation turbine fuel distillation range. Here we discuss a methodology for maximizing the sustainable aviation fuel yield from a pathway and the respective blend ratio with a petroleum-derived fuel by varying distillation cut points. These cut poi
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has undertaken research programs to support streamlining various facets of the seat certification process. Previous research evaluated potential methods to qualify replacement of worn seat cushions used in low G applications (Part 25 and Part 23 passenger) and better quantify variability in vertical testing
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he commercial aviation sector is seeking to reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) being the most important lever. However, SAF is currently limited by ASTM specifications to a maximum of 50%v blending with conventional jet fuel. One reason for the current blend limit is motivation to maintain o-ring swelling con
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There is limited research examining aircraft noise and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The objective of this study was to investigate associations of aircraft noise with CVD among two US cohorts, the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII).
Fuel properties of oil-bearing kukui (Aleurites moluccana) nuts, a commonly found crop in Hawaii and tropical Pacific regions, were comprehensively studied to evaluate their potential for bioenergy production. Proximate and ultimate analyses, heating value, and elemental composition of the seed, shell, and de-oiled seed cake were determined across
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This study is intended to identify genetic biomarkers associated with consumption of cannabis in order to expand thresholds of detection and ability to detect use of drugs that are difficult to assay with traditional biochemistry-based toxicology assays. This project will produce a method of genetics-based detection of drug use in sample specimens
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Data management plan for study on hypoxia training is a standard facet of military aviator training, performed to familiarize airmen with the symptoms of hypoxia.
Many turbulent flows exhibit time-periodic statistics. These include turbomachinery flows, flows with external harmonic forcing, and the wakes of bluff bodies. Many existing techniques for identifying turbulent coherent structures, however, assume the statistics are statistically stationary. In this paper, we leverage cyclostationary analysis, an e
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Cannabis is the third most commonly used drug of abuse following alcohol and tobacco in the United States. Cannabis is federally classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 but is legal for medicinal and/or recreational purposes in 39 US states. However, cannabis use by safety-sensitive personnel, including cert
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Hypoxia awareness training is a standard facet of military aviator training that is performed to familiarize aviators with the symptoms of hypoxia. The three most common training devices are the hypobaric altitude chamber (AC), the normobaric reduced oxygen breathing device (ROBD), and the normobaric reduced oxygen breathing environment (ROBE). The
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The published models of G-LOC and recovery in the public domain are based on empirical fits to data from centrifuge experiments and on blood pressure. A resource-flow based model of G-LOC and recovery built using more detailed physics and physiology will be developed. This new model is implemented via software and results will be compared with exis
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This article studies the generation of entropy disturbances by laminar premixed flames. The total entropy generation equals the integrated ratio of the local heat release rate and the local temperature, namely, ∫(q˙/T)dV . Due to this path dependency, evaluating this integral requires an understanding of how the heat release is distributed in the t
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This study was designed to designed to address concerns regarding effects of lab processing techniques on downstream results and also to determine an optimal combination of software programs to use to align genetic data and assess differential expression. Homogeneous lab samples were tested using two different purification methods and compared to u
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Sleep disruption is linked with chronic disease, and aircraft noise can disrupt sleep. However, there are few investigations of aircraft noise and sleep in large cohorts. We examined associations between aircraft noise and self-reported sleep duration and quality in the Nurses’ Health Study, a large prospective cohort.
The goal of this paper is to develop a quantitative resilience assessment framework for a supply chain system exposed to multiple risk factors. Most existing studies on supply chain resilience have primarily focused on assessing the system’s ability to withstand and recover from disruptions caused by a single type of hazard. However, a supply chain
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The vacuum ultraviolet detector for gas chromatography can be used to identify structural differences between isomers with similar chromatographic elution times, which adds detail to characterization, valuable for prescreening of sustainable aviation fuel candidates. Although this capability has been introduced elsewhere, vacuum ultraviolet spectro
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Aircraft emissions contribute to overall ambient air pollution, including ultrafine particle (UFP) concentrations. However, accurately ascertaining aviation contributions to UFP is challenging due to high spatiotemporal variability along with intermittent aviation emissions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of arrival aircraft
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The propulsion systems used in commercial supersonic transport (SST) aircraft, such as the Concorde, have used repurposed engines or derivative engines based on cores from existing donor engines rather than purpose-designed clean-sheet engines. A similar approach is currently being adopted in the development of new SSTs. Turbomachinery components a
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United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
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2023-02-01
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This report covers the period October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. The Center was established by the authority of FAA solicitation 13-C-AJFE-Solicitation. During that time the ASCENT team launched a new website, which can be viewed at ascent.aero. The next meeting(s) will be held during the months of April and May 2023.
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