Company insight Safe, efficient and green
Aviation has always stressed the customer experience, safety and efficiency. These are at the core of good business. And now, a new global element has been added to the mix – environmental responsibility. Increasingly, airports, airlines and others in aviation are looking for ways to reduce impacts to the environment. JBT, as a significant player in the world of aviation, continues to unveil new products to help keep air transport ‘green’.
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ew things help reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions like minimising the use of the aircraft APU. Not only does this help the environment, but it saves airlines millions of dollars annually. JBT, for decades, has been supplying preconditioned air units and ground power units (GPU) that provide the air and power needed by parked aircraft, but do so much more efficiently than the APU. The JetAire and Jetpower products from JBT have literally saved millions of tonnes of emissions from being spewed into the atmosphere by unnecessary APU use.
Diesel-powered ground support equipment (GSE) is another source of GHG on the ramp. Here too, JBT has led the way in the development of alternative power options to replace diesel engines. Using lithium ion or lead-acid batteries, JBT has developed a line of eco-friendly electric vehicles for use on the tarmac during aircraft turns. To date, JBT supplies all-electric Commander Loaders, cargo transporters, passenger steps and the LEKTRO line of electric tow tractors, each of which helps reduce the carbon footprint at airports and cargo transfer hubs around the world.
Easy green
Having the right electric vehicles to reduce GHG production is only part of the answer to an improved environment. Airports need the infrastructure to charge those vehicles at a location convenient to operations. JBT can help meet that challenge with PowerShare. PowerShare is a powerful idea whose time has come. PowerShare is an electronic device that manages sharing the power available at the gate with the battery chargers needed to keep electric GSE operating. It takes
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JBT supplies all-electric vehicles, which help reduce the carbon footprint of airports and cargo transfer hubs globally.
advantage of the fact that there is ample power feeding the passenger boarding bridge and 400Hz power units at the gate. Excess electric power can be shared with the GSE battery chargers that, ideally, would be located near the gate for efficient ground operations.
GSE ready for the next aircraft turn right there at the gate. The technology allows aviation managers to locate battery chargers at the gate, where they are needed, without expensive power grid upgrades, conduit runs and excavations. PowerShare from JBT is a cost-effective
“JBT has led the way in the development of alternative power options to replace diesel engines. Using lithium ion or lead-acid batteries, JBT has developed a line of eco-friendly electric vehicles.”
PowerShare is a load share device that intelligently regulates power servicing the bridge and GPU with power demanded by battery chargers. It also monitors power demands between both sets of equipment, such that the bridge, GPU and ultimately the aircraft are given all the power they need, without interruption, while excess power goes to the battery charger, keeping electric
means to keep electric GSE powered up and helping the environment.
Perfecting the aircraft turn makes environmental sense A speedy, efficient aircraft turn also contributes to reducing APU burn and minimising pollutants. As everyone knows, the aircraft turn is a dance of gate equipment, GSE and the aircraft.
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