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New technology to make airport greener
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 04 - 05 - 2008

New air conditioning technology developed in the UAE could save international airports like Dubai's at least $57 million a year, and airlines like Emirates $31 million annually, by using electricity instead of fuel to cool aircrafts on the ground.
The estimates are based on the 130,000 planes landing at Dubai Airport terminals every year, which, while on the ground, have to be cooled at a cost of $400 per hour using traditional kerosene-powered APUs, or auxiliary power units.
UAE-based ground support systems specialist Cavotec, which released the figures on Saturday, believes its new environmentally friendly air conditioning system PCA, or pre-compressed air, can help revolutionize the regional aviation industry by producing huge savings on fuel and reducing air and noise pollution at airports.
Research shows that 18 percent of fuel is wasted each year through airport infrastructure and operational inefficiencies, amounting to 120 million tons of carbon dioxide worldwide. Fuel inefficiency is exemplified at Frankfurt Airport, which uses 30 million liters of gasoline a year to transport jet fuel to the planes.
“The best way to reduce the amount of gasoline and its pollutant by-products is through ground support equipment, so it is absolutely necessary that the industry leaders in this field get together to discuss the options and solutions,” said Nick Webb, director of Streamline Marketing Group, organizers of the Airport Show.
“This is particularly pertinent in the Middle East, which is experiencing a massive aviation boom. The airports that are being built here are the airports of the future and as such should take the ever rising price of fuel and its effects into consideration.”
The PCA system, which is being launched at the Airport Show in Dubai on June 2-4, is specifically designed to handle the extreme heat in the Middle East and will be the only technology capable of cooling the new Airbus A380.
The system cools planes through reversed compression and uses 400kw of electricity per hour compared with APUs, which use 600 liters of fuel per hour, equal to 6000kwh of power.
Cavotec Group Vice President Michael Widegren said: “With the rising price and environmental concern of gasoline, I would like to see jet fuel used to fly planes and not wasted on the ground. We have the technology now to power ground support equipment with electricity and save on fuel that should be used in planes.”
Widegren will join a panel of speakers during the airport show's second annual Ground Handling conference at Airport Expo Dubai to discuss ground support equipment and fleet management for future airports, as the Middle East's booming aviation industry faces up to growing environmental concerns.
The Ground Handling conference will run on the third day of the Airport Show and is part of a series of specialized conferences that will cover important aspects of the airport industry, including air traffic control, aviation security and future airports.
Held under the patronage of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and chairman of Dubai Airports, the airport show will be the largest aviation trade exhibition in the world in its eighth year and is well established as a major forum for the selection and pre-qualification of suppliers for regional airport development. Airport suppliers, buyers and industry leaders will find diverse exhibitors covering every aspect of the airport business, from runway lighting to high tech x-ray systems. __


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