Sustainability analysis of the ground handling operations using MIVES methodology. Case study: El Prat Airport
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Abstract
The aeronautic sector is a complex system where many stakeholders are involved. In this project is
analyzed how are performed the Turnaround Processes (TAP) in El Prat Airport. These processes
are the ones needed for attending the aircrafts during their scale, involving the use of fourteen
different types of ground handling vehicles, classified as Light Duty Vehicles (LDV) or Heavy Duty
Vehicles (HDV). As well, a characterization of the Land and Takeoff cycles (LTO cycles) performed
in El Prat Airport is carried.
The main objectives of this project are the quantification of the emissions generated by the ground
handling vehicles and the aircrafts during 2017, and their associated environmental impact using
the Simapro software. Then an alternative scenario is purposed, where the 19% of the ground
handling vehicles are substituted by electric vehicles. A sustainability analysis using MIVES tool is
carried, comparing the environmental, social and economic requirements between the actual
scenario and the purposed one.
The aircrafts are the main contributors in terms of emissions and environmental impact in
comparison with the ground handling vehicles, accumulating a 97% of the total emissions and
impacts. The contribution of the aircrafts is higher when the Green House Gases emissions and
their associated impacts are analyzed. Oppositely, it decreases when the total polluting gases are
compared.
The main aircrafts performing LTO cycles in El Prat airport are the A320, the B738 and the A321.
In proportion, this three aircrafts types represents a 70% of the total LTO cycles performed in El
Prat airport, thus, they are the main contributors in terms of emissions and environmental impact.
There aren’t notorious differences between the emission factors of each aircraft, so the total
contribution is related to the percentage of aircraft types performing LTO cycles at the airport.
Regarding at the ground handling vehicles, the main emission sources are the follow me vehicles,
the refueling trucks, the cargo tapes, the pushback vehicle and the catering vehicle. The HeavyDuty
Vehicles accumulates a 60% of the ground handling emissions and environmental impact, but
the contribution per vehicle depends on the analyzed environmental impact category: for the
impacts related with the CO2 emissions, the follow me vehicle (a LDV), is the most contributing
vehicle, but for the other impact categories, the HDV are the most contributors.
The sustainability analysis results indicate that, just when the economic requirement is set as the
most weighted requirement (between the social and the environmental ones), the actual scenario
has an increased sustainability index in comparison with the purposed scenario. For any other
weighting configuration, the sustainability index is higher for the purposed scenario, meaning that
the substitution of diesel vehicles by electric ones is a viable consideration.
TitulacióMÀSTER UNIVERSITARI EN ENGINYERIA AMBIENTAL (Pla 2014)
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