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Medium-Range Aircraft Conceptual Design from a Local Air Quality and Climate Change Viewpoint

open access: yesEnergies, 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   +3 more
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Barriers and Challenges Going from Conventional to Cryogenic Superconducting Propulsion for Hybrid and All-Electric Aircrafts

open access: yesEnergies, 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   +2 more
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Conceptual Design of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

open access: yes, 2022
This work aims at establishing a design procedure applicable to hybrid-electric, full-electric, or conventional aircraft. Firstly, the author introduces a mathematical model to describe the dynamics of the propulsive system. Then, the effects associated with the new propulsive system introduced are measured.
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Evaluation and Comparison of Hybrid Wing VTOL UAV with Four Different Electric Propulsion Systems

open access: yesAerospace, 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   +4 more
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Electrical Distribution System LCA for Future Regional Aircraft—Preliminary Definition of Methodology

open access: yesAerospace, 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   +6 more
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Research on Large Hybrid Electric Aircraft Based on Battery and Turbine-Electric

open access: yesEnergies
Hybrid electric aircraft use traditional engine and electric propulsion combinations to optimize aircraft architecture, improve propulsion efficiency, and reduce fuel consumption. As a new technology, the fuel and energy consumption calculation of hybrid
Yannian Hui   +3 more
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Design of Batteries for a Hybrid Propulsion System of a Training Aircraft

open access: yesEnergies, 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   +3 more
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Modelling of a Hybrid-Electric Light Aircraft

open access: yesEnergy Procedia, 2017
Abstract The European Research and Innovation Agenda as well as the NASA long-term programs have set ambitious targets in terms of emission reduction for the aviation industry. Continuous improvements of conventional technologies will not be enough to fulfil these ambitious requirements; there is a need for revolutionary aircraft concepts and/or ...
Frosina, Emma   +5 more
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Integration and Flight Test of a 7 kW Turboelectric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aircraft

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
This paper evaluates the performance and practical challenges associated with fabricating and flight testing an unmanned aircraft powered by a turboelectric system based on a 7 kW turbine engine.
Joshua Johnsen   +4 more
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Critical Development of Electric Fixed-Wing Manned Civil Aircraft [PDF]

open access: yesE3S 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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