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| URI: | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/DD9C9353-EFD4-482A-93C9-D44B7658767E | ||
| Year | 2018 | ||
| Type of Item | Diploma Work | ||
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| Bibliographic Citation | Ioannis Gavalas, "Calculation and evaluation of the environmental footprint of international airports", Diploma Work, School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2018 https://doi.org/10.26233/heallink.tuc.80053 | ||
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Being in the third decade of the 21st century the signs of human intervention in the environment are already indelible. The acceleration of climate change, which we cause every day, has risen sharply, and the need for treatment seems more imperative than ever before.The transport sector has a major contribution to global pollution. It accounts for 14% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions (Green House Gasses). The correlatively emission rates are being increased when referring to other pollutants such as NOx, CO, SO2, PM and organic volatile compounds (VOCs).Civil aviation is one of the fastest growing sectors of the transport sector, which has a significant and growing contribution to total emissions in its total emissions. The activities of air navigation are being held in airports.In this research - diploma thesis is being analyzed the emissions of the airports. We analyze the sources of pollution in them (aircraft, aircraft feeders, ground support equipment) and the contribution of each of them to the total emissions. Subsequently, the calculation methodology (mathematical models of equations) of emissions is presented and analyzed according to their origin. Its main advantage is the ability to calculate all vehicles and machinery that emit pollutants by entering the appropriate data. Necessary input elements are the emission factors of the engines they carry, their operating time and their performance over the period of operation.The following quantitative and qualitative results are presented in case of airports studied using the same methods and they draw useful conclusions for the establishment of strategies for addressing and reducing emissions of airports.Finally, the case of Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" is being studied using the ACERT carbon footprint software. By entering flight, operating, fuel and energy data for the year 2017, an estimation of the carbon footprint of the airport is made.
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