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A Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Lofter Aircraft Concept: Brimstone Angel

AIAA 2020-0618
Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-0618
Abstract:

A Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Lofter Aircraft Concept: SAIL-01 Donald C. Bingaman and Christian V. Rice VPE Aerospace Consulting LLC, St. Louis, MO 63021, USA Wake Smith Lecturer in Yale College, New Haven CT 06520 USA & Senior Fellow, M-CRBG, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Patrick G. Vogel Creve Coeur Research and Engineering Inc., St. Louis, MO 63146, USA A conceptual aircraft design is presented to facilitate Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) for the purpose of altering the Earth’s thermodynamic energy balance to offset a portion of anthropogenic global warming. Aircraft design characteristics are described to illustrate the challenges associated with the lofting and distribution of up to 15 tons of sulfate or calcite aerosol particulates per sortie at 20 Km (~65,000 ft.). Aircraft aerodynamic, propulsion, structural and subsystem concepts and analyses are presented to validate the aircraft conceptual design. A program plan, schedule and development cost estimate are provided for scoping the resources required to field a SAIL aircraft.