Karbon emision from commercial aircrafts could be reduced by about 16 % through better use of wind direction
Avionët komercialë përdorin shumë lëndë djegëse për të gjeneruar fuqi të mjaftueshme për të mbështetur fluturimin. Djegia e karburanteve të aviacionit kontribuon në gazra serë në atmosferë e cila nga ana tjetër është përgjegjëse për ngrohja globale ndryshimet klimatike. aktualisht, karbon emission from aeroplanes constitutes about 2.4% of all man-made sources of CO2. This figure is likely to grow with growth in aviation sector. Hence the imperative to explore novel ways to reduce carbon emission from airliners and to enhance efficiency. Several ways have been thought of to reduce the carbon emission from aeroplanes. One such is to take the advantage of direction of the wind especially in the long-haul flights.
The idea of using wind direction in aviation to reduce fuel use is not new but it had limitations. Advances in hapësirë and atmospheric sciences has now enabled full satellite coverage and global atmospheric dataset. The research team of University of Reading has found that the transatlantic flights between London and New York could save up to 16% of fuel through better use of wind direction. The team analysed about 35000 transatlantic flights between 1 December 2019 and 29 February 2020 and used optimal control theory to find the minimum time routes. The findings indicated to a gap of hundreds of kilometres between typical actual flight paths and fuel optimised paths. This update could help reduce emetimi i karbonit në afat të shkurtër, pa përfshirë ndonjë shpenzim të ri kapital për përparimet teknologjike.
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Burimi:
Wells CA, Williams PD., et al 2021. Reduktimi i emetimeve të fluturimeve transatlantike nga drejtimi i optimizuar për karburant. Environmental Research Letters, Volume 16, Number 2. Botuar më 26 janar 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abce82
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