Grant: Alliance Grants

Canada is aiming to be a leader in sustainable technologies. The aviation industry has fallen behind many other industries in terms of reducing its environmental footprint. Commercial aviation is responsible for 2-3% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Moreover, the contribution of aviation to climate change has been rapidly escalating as commercial air travel has been growing at an astounding rate. The total passenger traffic has more than tripled over the last 20 years and worldwide air cargo traffic has grown by about 50% in the last 15 years. Commercial aviation represents the fastest-growing source of GHG, soot, and NOX emissions. It is imperative for the health of our planet that engineers and researchers work to mitigate these effects.The proposed research collaboration between Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) in Canada and Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey will explore emissions reduction strategies in gas turbine engines. Several detailed experiments to measure engine pollutants performed at TMU will generate experimental data which will be used to validate pollutant models developed at METU. The findings of this research will increase the robustness and technological readiness of pollutant models so they can be implemented into engine development programs.