NTL Record

Title Modeling of Aircraft Deicing Fluids Deposition
Record ID 47532
Personal Name
Creator
Wayson, Roger L.; Dietz, John D.; Kim, Brian; Westlund, Neal; Quinn, Chris T.
Source 93rd Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air & Waste Management Association, June 18-22, 2000, Salt Lake City, UT; 12p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator University of Central Florida. Dept. of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Corporate
Contributor
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publisher John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publication Date 20000618
Language English
Abstract Glycol deposition near aircraft during deicing operations has become an important consideration at major airports. A sampling process was used to quantify glycol deposition from deicing operations at a major international airport. The resulting data indicate that glycol deposition was different for the two types of aircraft used in this study (DC-9 and 757). The main reason appears to be the height of release. Atmospheric dispersion modeling was not performed because of the nature of the deposition mechanisms (i.e. overspray and mists). Based on the collected data, deposition modeling was conducted using three mathematical modeling approaches and the best overall model was found to be a power series. The developed model predicts downwind ground level concentrations of Type I, propylene glycol. In addition to downwind distance, wind speed was incorporated into the model by normalizing the measured deposition concentrations by their corresponding average wind speeds. Separate models were developed for each aircraft, but the engine conditions were aggregated to obtain average models.
Rosap ID dot:9919
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9919
TRT Terms Aircraft; Deicing; Deicing chemicals; Mathematical models; Deposition
General Subjects Glycol; Overspray
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Proceedings
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/47000/47500/47532/awma-glycol.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository