Nucleation of jet engine oil vapours is a large source of aviation-related ultrafine particles

Florian Ungeheuer; Lucía Caudillo; Florian Ditas; Mario Simon; Dominik van Pinxteren; Doğuşhan Kılıç; Diana Rose; Stefan Jacobi; Andreas Kürten; Joachim Curtius; Alexander L. Vogel

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00653-w

Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2022)

Nucleation of jet engine oil vapours is a large source of aviation-related ultrafine particles

Florian Ungeheuer,
Lucía Caudillo,
Florian Ditas,
Mario Simon,
Dominik van Pinxteren,
Doğuşhan Kılıç,
Diana Rose,
Stefan Jacobi,
Andreas Kürten,
Joachim Curtius,
Alexander L. Vogel

Affiliations

Florian Ungeheuer: Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt
Lucía Caudillo: Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt
Florian Ditas: Department for Ambient Air Quality, Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology
Mario Simon: Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt
Dominik van Pinxteren: Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
Doğuşhan Kılıç: The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the University of Manchester
Diana Rose: Department for Ambient Air Quality, Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology
Stefan Jacobi: Department for Ambient Air Quality, Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology
Andreas Kürten: Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt
Joachim Curtius: Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt
Alexander L. Vogel: Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00653-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Jet engine lubrication oil is an efficient nucleation agent that likely contributes to high levels of ultrafine particles near airports contributing to poor air quality, suggest laboratory thermodenuder experiments and observations near Frankfurt International Airport.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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