Optimization and Analysis of Hybrid Electric System for Distributed Propulsion Tilt-Wing UAV
IEEE Access, 2020 Hybrid electric distributed propulsion tilt-wing UAVs show unlimited application prospects due to their high propulsion efficiency and vertical take-off and landing capabilities.
Cheng He, Yuhong Jia, Dongli Ma
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Mission Performance Analysis of Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft
Aerospace, 2023 This article discusses the mission performance of regional aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion. The performance analyses are provided by mission simulations tools specifically developed for hybrid-electric aircraft flight dynamics.
Giuseppe Palaia, Karim Abu Salem
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Overview of Propulsion Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Energies, 2022 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) propulsion technology is significantly related to the flight performance of UAVs, which has become one of the most important development directions of aviation.
Bowen Zhang +3 more
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Analysis Leading to the Design of a Hybrid Gas-Electric Multi-Engine Testbed
Aerospace, 2023 Given the increase in air traffic, the main challenges in aircraft design are in-flight emissions and noise heard by the community. These problems have thus far been solved by incremental improvements in aerodynamics, engine technology and operation.
Agata Kuśmierek +3 more
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IMOTHEP: designing hybrid electric propulsion concepts
, 2022 Presentation at ONERA-DLR-IRT AESE European workshop on multidisciplinary optimization, Bures-sur-Yvette (FR), 20-21 Sept ...
Novelli, Philippe +3 more
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Predictive Energy Management for Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion Systems
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2023 We present a Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm for energy management in aircraft with hybrid electric propulsion systems consisting of gas turbine and electric motor components. Series and parallel configurations are considered. By combining a point-mass aircraft dynamical model with models of electrical losses and losses in the gas turbine, the
Martin Doff-Sotta +2 more
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Artificial three-body equilibria for hybrid low-thrust propulsion [PDF]
, 2008 This paper proposes a new concept of creating artificial equilibrium points in the circular restricted three body problem, where the third body uses a hybrid of solar sail and solar electric propulsion.
Baig, Shahid, McInnes, Colin R.
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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 +4 more
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Displaced geostationary orbit design using hybrid sail propulsion [PDF]
, 2011 Because of an increase in the number of geostationary spacecraft and the limits imposed by east–west spacing requirements, the geostationary orbit is becoming congested. To increase its capacity, this paper proposes to create new geostationary slots by
Becerra V. M. +14 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 +3 more
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