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Competitiveness of Hybrid Electric Aircraft on Short Range Scheduled Flights

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 2018
Hybrid electric aircraft are expected to enter the small regional aircraft market within the next two decades. The aim of this study was to investigate if a hybrid electric passenger aircraft with 50 seats can be competitive against the established 100 ...
Johannes Anton, Hans-Joachim K. Ruff-Stahl   +1 more
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Medium-Range Aircraft Conceptual Design from a Local Air Quality and Climate Change Viewpoint

Energies, 2023
This paper presents an overall performance assessment of hybrid-electric medium-range transport aircraft, with the aim to evaluate the potential of such a propulsion technology towards the reduction in the environmental impact of aviation transport, in ...
Karim Abu Salem, Giuseppe Palaia, Alessandro A. Quarta, Mario R. Chiarelli   +3 more
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Barriers and Challenges Going from Conventional to Cryogenic Superconducting Propulsion for Hybrid and All-Electric Aircrafts

Energies, 2021
The development of electric aircraft is becoming an important technology for achieving the goals set by the European Commission for the reduction of gases emissions by 2050 in the aeronautical transportation system.
Francisco Ferreira da Silva, João F. P. Fernandes, Paulo Jose da Costa Branco   +2 more
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Evaluation and Comparison of Hybrid Wing VTOL UAV with Four Different Electric Propulsion Systems

Aerospace, 2021
Electric propulsion technology has attracted much attention in the aviation industry at present. It has the advantages of environmental protection, safety, low noise, and high design freedom.
Jianan Zong, Bingjie Zhu, Zhongxi Hou, Xixiang Yang, Jiaqi Zhai   +4 more
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Electrical Distribution System LCA for Future Regional Aircraft—Preliminary Definition of Methodology

Aerospace, 2023
The Hybrid Electric Regional Aircraft Distribution Technologies (HECATE) Clean Aviation project will mature and develop breakthrough technologies and perform scalability and impact analysis to ensure safe and power-dense technologies that will enable ...
Daniel Izquierdo, Gabriel Casas, Ana G. Garriga, Ignacio Castro, Aleksandra Zieminska-Stolarska, Mariia Sobulska, Ireneusz Zbicinski   +6 more
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Critical Development of Electric Fixed-Wing Manned Civil Aircraft [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
This paper briefly introduces the current role of civil aviation in the emission of greenhouse gases and the history of electric aviation, pointing out the necessity of developing electric civil aircraft to reach strict environmental policies such as the
Yu Yifei
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Learnings from Rolls‐Royce hybrid propulsion systems in flight testing of High Power, High Scalability Hybrid Powertrain aircraft

IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, 2023
This article describes the collaborative efforts between Tecnam, Rolls‐Royce, and Rotax to equip a 4‐seat Tecnam P2010 aircraft with a parallel hybrid‐electric powertrain, the first of its kind ever developed for general aviation, to help reduce fuel ...
Péter Bodolai, Attila Vörösváczki, Gábor Bihari, Szabolcs Fási, Péter Szabó, Zoltán Koltai   +5 more
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Design of Batteries for a Hybrid Propulsion System of a Training Aircraft

Energies, 2021
In this article, we propose the parameters of a battery that would be suitable for the conceptual design of a small training aircraft. The mass design of the battery is based on the requirements for real training flights performed by students in pilot ...
Michal Janovec, Jozef Čerňan, Filip Škultéty, Andrej Novák   +3 more
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Aircraft electric power plants

Вестник Самарского университета: Аэрокосмическая техника, технологии и машиностроение
The paper presents a review of electrification of the existing propulsion systems and creating new hybrid propulsion systems based on the concept of more electric aircraft and all-electric aircraft in Russia and abroad.
A. D. Kondryakov, M. K. Leontiev
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Adaptive Foam 3D Printing of Ultralight and Multifunctional Materials

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Adaptive foam 3D printing, enabled by expandable microspheres, imparts cellular structures to thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, manufactured through a variety of processes including fused filament fabrication, direct ink writing, digital light processing, and inkjet printing.
Nariman Rajabifar, Amir Ameli
wiley   +1 more source