24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-6.9.4

PREDICTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE CHANGE DUE TO NITROGEN OXIDES IN EXHAUST OF SUPERSONIC AIRPLANE

H. Kubota, T. Ushiyama*, T. Watanuki
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; *Presently, Hitachi Company, Ltd, Japan

Keywords: supersonic airplane, NOx emission, ozone-NOx chemical reaction, stratospheric ozone change

This paper presents and experimental study on chemical reaction of ozone and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in a space chamber and numerical simulation of influence of NOx emission from aircraft on stratospheric ozone for the purpose of solution of one of the environmental issues for realization of next-generation Super- sonic Transport.

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