Payload Fuel Energy Efficiency as a Metric for Aviation Environmental Performance

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• Creators:
  Hileman, James ; Katz, Jeremy B. ; Mantilla, Jose G. ; Fleming, Gregg
• Corporate Creators:
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aviation
  • Fuel consumption
  • Environment
  • Metrics (Quantitative assessment)
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  International Congress of Aeronautical Sciences
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION ; NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Energy and Environment ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Aviation Energy and Environment
• Abstract:
  Aviation provides productivity in the form of transporting passengers and cargo long distances in a shorter period of time than is available via land or sea. Given the recent rise in fuel prices and environmental concerns, a consistent metric is needed for the assessment of commercial aviation fuel efficiency, or equivalently the productivity delivered per unit of fuel consumption or environmental cost. This work presents an assessment of payload fuel energy efficiency (PFEE) as a means to quantify how efficiently the energy consumed by aviation is being used on a fleet-wide basis.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35993/dot_35993_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 304.13 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fbe8c499614fc6e6401764ff28e2745ff3a893b56298947886e7565b7efd2439