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Loss of Oxygen in outer atmosphere due to Air Craft flying with Air breathing engines?
Is there any International Agencies/NGOs (who monitor air pollution - O zone depliction) took up the cause of loss of Oxygen/Hydrogen in the outer atomosphere due to Aeroplanes flying with air breathing engines to reduce the fuel consumption. Is there any study on the subject of applying air breathing appratus to reduce fuel consumption and the effect of reduction in Oxygen/Hydrogen content in the atmosphere?
thanks Mr. Ian G.
there is no doubt that there are plernty of Oxygen/Hydrogen in the atmosphere to give heat and light and the air is required for combustion (here combustion means: "A state of violent disturbance and excitement")
the mute question is -- Is there any study on the distrubance caused because of using air breathing appratus indiscremately by few to get free energy causing pollution and O zone depliction.
[p.s.] I have worked in SPACE PROGRAMME - more time in propulsion (as Materials Management professional)]
upper atmosphere (near to earth) consists about 21% Oxygen and the layer is an important field to reduce the effect of pollution. Air craft's propulsion air consumption per second is worth for a day's requirement of air/oxygen for one million lives in the earth.
web link to a research paper on this subject will be posted after getting some more responses - as I would like to get responses without bias.
I am extremely thankful to Mr. Ian.G and Mr. rhsaunde for their good and interesting responses.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No need for such. The ozone layer is far above the altitude at which aircraft fly -- even the late SST, so aircraft can have no effect on ozone. Nor is there any reason for concern about oxygen consumption -- the air has a lot of it. As for hydrogen, the amount of free hydrogen in the atmosphere is slight; it combines with oxygen, or escapes to outer space.
- ?Lv 41 decade ago
FYI: All conventional aircraft engines require air to operate because air (oxygen) is a requirement for combustion. Some craft (like rockets and the space shuttle) bring their own supply of oxygen since there is no air in outerspace and very little air in the outer atmosphere (a fact of nature which has nothing to do with anything man-made). And there has never been a problem with the "reduction" of oxygen or hydrogen in the atmosphere. There's plenty for everyone, that I can assure you.
UPDATE: I'm not aware of any study to measure the amount of disturbance caused by breathing apparatus (are you doing research on ramjets?), but you can do a simple thought experiment to verify if a problem does indeed exist: the use of high-altitude (above the stratosphere) aircraft is very very minimal (almost negligible) compared to other things that cause a significant impact on the atmosphere...such as public and private land and air transportation, use of fossil-fuels for energy generation, heating and manufacturing. but the main problem linked to man's use of fossil-fuels for the above-mentioned puposes is not the reduction of oxygen in the atmosphere. Rather it is the degredation of the QUALITY of air in the lower atmosphere, or what we simply call POLLUTION. Air pollution is largely limited to the troposphere. And knowing that, the effect of using high-altitude aircraft now becomes insignificant in terms of leaving an ugly footprint in the upper atmosphere. I'm sure you are aware also that free energy does not exist (even solar energy comes at a cost) and ozone depletion is caused by the use CFC's.
On the use of new technology that gets fuel from the air instead of conventional fuels: I think it's a brilliant idea. Not only does it make upper-atmosphere and space travel (taking the technology further to get fuel from hydrogen atoms in space) much more economical, it also helps with our current problem of dependency on conventional fuels. We have enough problems already with our dwindling supply of fossil-fuels/crude oil. Technology that reduces our dependency on the fossil-fuels is a very big step forward, if you ask me. If you are part of a team that contributes to its development, good luck and more power to you.
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_atmosphere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion - M SLv 71 decade ago
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