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Elsevier, Journal of Aerosol Science, (88), p. 135-147, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2015.06.003

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Effective density and mass-mobility exponents of particulate matter in aircraft turbine exhaust: Dependence on engine thrust and particle size

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Abstract

The mass and electrical mobility size of nascent soot generated by aircraft turbine engines were measured using a Differential Mobility Analyzer, a Centrifugal Particle Mass Analyzer and a Condensation Particle Counter in series. The measurements were conducted with a commonly used engine at a maintenance facility at Zurich airport, Switzerland. The aircraft engine under investigation was a CFM56-7B26/3. The used standardized sampling system conforms to the emission certification regulations captured by the “Society of Automotive Engineers, Aerospace Information Report 6241”. Effective densities of the aircraft soot were derived using measured power-law relationships between mass and electrical mobility size. The values ranged from 530 kg/m3 to 1865 kg/m3 depending on the particle mobility size and applied engine thrust. Trends in these effective densities suggest that the size of primary particles in the soot aggregates increase with increasing thrust. The mass-mobility exponents associated with these engine thrusts ranged from 2.54 to 2.79 and 1.86 to 2.32 for thrust levels above 30% and below 30%, respectively. Comparison with a second engine, a CFM56-5B4/2P, revealed higher effective densities for particles smaller than 40 nm.