Auteur(s): Sébastien Cantin, Mohamed Chouak, François Morency, François Garnier
Date de la conférence: Janvier 2022
Conférence: AIAA SciTech 2022-1823, San Diego, CA, USA.
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2022-1823
Abstract
Aviation-induced particulate matter has a direct impact on climate, atmospheric composition at flight altitudes, and on local air quality in the vicinity of airports. Meeting the environmental regulations is one of the main challenges that requires attention for air transportation development over the coming years. To increase the knowledge of secondary aerosol formation in aircraft plumes, advanced decision-making tools need to be developed. In this context, the present study aims at demonstrating the modelling capabilities of an innovative methodology coupling the flow dynamics in aircraft engine plumes with a detailed microphysical model. For this purpose, 2-D unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations of jet plume were carried out behind a realistic aircraft engine geometry at ground-level conditions. The CFD model was coupled with a tabulated chemistry (72 reactions and 35 species) and a detailed microphysical model that accounts for soot surface activation as well as condensation of gaseous precursors, i.e. organic vapors and sulfur species (H2SO4 and SO3), on activated-soot particles. The predictive capabilities of the proposed modelling strategy are assessed through the study of engine-plume gaseous and particulate emissions in comparison with available experimental and numerical data. . Further analysis of both volatile and non-volatile particle evolutions in the near-field plume was also performed at idle and take-off power settings. Future studies with the present model can help to better understand the effects of organic/soot emission levels on the evolution of near-field non-volatile and volatile PM emissions from aircraft engines at LTO operating conditions.
