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Bakker, Tristan (author)To reduce greenhouse gas emissions in aviation, innovative propulsion systems such as battery-powered electric aviation are essential. These systems are carbon neutral when powered by 100% green electricity. However, widespread adoption requires overcoming challenges including improving energy density, lowering costs, and maintaining safe...master thesis 2024
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Taets van Amerongen, Charlotte (author)The aviation sector, responsible for approximately 2% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is projected to grow 4-6 times by 2050, conflicting with the European Union’s Green Deal target of achieving net-zero emissions by the same year. While aircraft electrification offers a promising solution, its application is largely limited to...master thesis 2024
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van den Berg, Jens (author)Decision-making in professional fields has made a stark transition away from utility as the comparative metric in neoclassical economic frameworks. The result of which means a step towards the use of non-equatable variables for calculating the comparability between material, energy, and fiscal costs. While the traditional methods have their...master thesis 2024
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van Santen, Tom (author)In October 2022, all member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) committed to a net-zero CO2 future by 2050, marking a significant shift from compensating for emissions to actively reducing them in aviation. This commitment acknowledges the critical role of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector,...master thesis 2024
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van Zwieten, Jan-Willem (author)Challenges of supplier engagement in early stage technology development in the context of hydrogen propulsion equipment development for aircraft are uncovered. The challenges are viewed from the perspective of the engineering team members within the Liquid Hydrogen storage and distribution department in Airbus’ ZEROe project. A qualitative...master thesis 2024
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Mihailescu, Georgiana (author)Given the enduring issues of human-induced climate change, the appeal of strategies aimed at reducing greenhouse gases has never been greater. CO2 is the most concerning greenhouse gas due to the large quantity already emitted into the atmosphere and the ongoing excessive emissions from anthropogenic activities. The transportation sector...master thesis 2024
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van Cranenburgh, Tom (author)With renewed interest in the development of civil supersonic aircraft, their return in the future is becoming more ever more likely. The environmental impact of emissions in the stratosphere on climate and the ozone layer therefore needs to be explored. The stratospheric ozone levels determine the amount of harmful ultraviolet radiation reaching...master thesis 2024
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On Understanding Environmental Inefficiencies in Air Traffic Management: A Causal Inference ApproachAalders, Jaime (author)Addressing the increasingly urgent need for sustainable aviation solutions, this study explores operational innovations as a quicker and more scalable addition to novel zero-emission propulsion systems. Through the use of regression-based causal inference methods, this study aims to understand the relationship between flight fuelburn...master thesis 2024
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Stremming, Luca (author)Aviation is an important contributor to anthropogenic climate change. As indirect greenhouse gases, nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) add to the Effective Radiative Forcing (ERF) induced by aircraft emissions. This work addresses a better understanding of emission mitigation by investigating dependencies between engine parameters and emitted...master thesis 2024
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Arblaster, Thomas (author)Through exploratory scenario development, this study delves into the environmental impacts of European commercial aviation. Climate targets and the adoption of alternative aviation fuels (AAF) following ReFuelEU Aviation are assessed, considering e-fuel produced from direct air capture (DAC) and hydrogen aircraft. A novel method is applied,...master thesis 2024
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Domingos de Azevedo Quadros, F. (author)Global passenger air traffic has doubled in the 13 years prior to 2019, and is expected to double again over the next 20 years or so. Growing demand for aviation is met by a corresponding increase in jet fuel being burned by aircraft, releasing multiple pollutants into the atmosphere. Besides disturbing the Earth’s radiative balance, these...doctoral thesis 2024
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Prospective life cycle inventory datasets for conventional and hybrid-electric aircraft technologiesThonemann, Nils (author), Saavedra-Rubio, Karen (author), Pierrat, Eleonore (author), Dudka, Katarzyna (author), Bangoura, Mathilde (author), Baumann, Nils (author), Bentheimer, Christian (author), Caliandro, Priscilla (author), De Breuker, R. (author)Hybrid-electric aircraft represent a promising solution for the urgent need to decarbonize short-haul flights and bolster aviation sustainability. Nevertheless, the realization of hybrid-electric aircraft demands rigorous environmental impact analysis, given the substantial investments, time, and research required for technology development....journal article 2024
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Mahnke, Christoph (author), Gomes, Rita (author), Bundke, Ulrich (author), Berg, Marcel (author), Ziereis, Helmut (author), Sharma, M. (author), Righi, Mattia (author), Hendricks, Johannes (author), Zahn, Andreas (author)The characteristics of aviation-induced aerosol, its processing, and effects on cirrus clouds and climate are still associated with large uncertainties. Properties of aviation-induced aerosol, however, are crucially needed for the assessment of aviation’s climate impacts today and in the future. We identified more than 1100 aircraft plume...journal article 2024
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Rahn, A.R. (author), Schuch, Melissa (author), Wicke, Kai (author), Sprecher, Benjamin (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author), Wende, Gerko (author)As the aviation industry strives to minimise its environmental footprint, understanding the full life cycle impacts, including maintenance, becomes essential for sustainable development. This paper addresses the critical research gap in the environmental assessment of aircraft maintenance by conducting a comprehensive life cycle assessment...journal article 2024
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Simorgh, A. (author), Soler, Manuel (author), Castino, F. (author), Yin, F. (author), Cerezo Magana, M. (author)The spatiotemporal dependency of aviation-induced non-CO<sub>2</sub> climate effects can be incorporated into flight planning tools to generate climate-friendly flight plans. However, estimating climate impact is challenging and associated with high uncertainty. To ensure the effectiveness of such an operational measure, sources that induce...journal article 2024
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Megill, Liam (author), Deck, K.T. (author), Grewe, V. (author)A growing body of research has highlighted the major contribution of aviation non-CO2 emissions and effects to anthropogenic climate change. Regulation of these emissions, for example in the EU Emissions Trading System, requires the use of a climate metric. However, choosing a suitable climate metric is challenging due to the high uncertainties...journal article 2024
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Verdegaal, Charlotte (author)This Master Thesis research addresses strategies for deploying sustainable aircraft technologies, with the primary goal to accelerate sustainability transitions within the aviation industry. The focus of the research is on analysing hydrogen and ultra-efficient aircraft technologies in comparison to a conventional aircraft, with 50% SAF drop-in,...master thesis 2023
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van Buren, Floris (author)Currently, the entire aviation sector accounts for 2.5% of global emissions. To commit to the Paris Agreement by 2050, new emerging technology is necessary. Electric aircraft emerged as one of the promising solutions to decarbonize the aviation sector. However, the introduction of electric aviation (EA) causes a shift from kerosene to...master thesis 2023
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Grangier, Guillaume (author)The aviation industry is shouting out its aim to reach ”net-zero carbon” by 2050. Nevertheless, air traffic is expected to grow up until then, and if fuel consumption is reduced by new technologies and aircraft, other sources of global<br/>warming such as N Ox emissions and contrails are less considered. Therefore, the climate impact improvement...master thesis 2023
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