Jet Engine Exhaust Aerosol Characterization

ABSTRACT Jet engine exhaust aerosol was characterized with respect to mass concentration and composition of the carbonaceous aerosol fraction and the particulate sulfate as a function of engine power setting for fuel with low-sulfur content (6 ppm) and high-sulfur content (3000 ppm). The ratio of black carbon (BC) to total carbon (TC) varied from 11% with the engine in idle run to >80% at take-off thrust. The corresponding BC emission index was <0.6 g kg−1 fuel on a mass scale and <1.7 × 1015 kg−1 fuel on a number scale. The optical specific absorption coefficient of the BC aerosol was measured to 6 ± 1 m2 g−1 by filter reflectance analysis (λ ≊ 0.8 μm). The carbon aerosol split into a primary soot mode at 0.045 μm diameter with geometric standard deviation 1.5 and a coagulation mode at 0.18 μm diameter with geometric standard deviation 1.42. The mass emission index of particulate sulfate remained almost constant at <0.05 g kg−1 throughout the examined engine power setting between 11% and 71% take-off thr...

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