Print Email Facebook Twitter Fuel and Emission Benefits for Continuous Descent Approaches at Schiphol Title Fuel and Emission Benefits for Continuous Descent Approaches at Schiphol Author Ellerbroek, Joost (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Inaad, Mazin (Student TU Delft) Hoekstra, J.M. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Date 2018 Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the potential fuel and emission benefits of implementing Continuous Descent Operations at Schiphol International Airport, from cruise altitude to the final approach fix, for a large scope of aircraft types. Using historical data from on-board sources and ADS-B, fuel-optimal continuous descents are simulated using the total-energy model. By comparing the fuel consumption between historical flights and the simulated continuous descent flights, fuel benefits are found. CO2 emissions are then calculated linearly from the fuel benefits. The results show average savings of 92kg up to 500 kg of fuel per flight. For Schiphol, this results in a total of 39 million kg of fuel savings per, year leading to more than 123 thousand tonnes of CO2 savings per year. Subject Airspace capacityairspace stabilityDomino EffectParameter (DEP)self-separationBlueSky ATM simulator To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:85153290-ac20-4005-8901-60d3861a8c75 Source 2018 International Conference on Research in Air Transportation: Barcelona, Spain, 2018 Event ICRAT 2018: 2018 International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, 2018-06-26 → 2018-06-29, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2018 Joost Ellerbroek, Mazin Inaad, J.M. Hoekstra Files PDF ICRAT2018_CDO.pdf 914.14 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:85153290-ac20-4005-8901-60d3861a8c75/datastream/OBJ/view