scholarly journals A Holistic Electrical Machine Design Tool for More-Electric and Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Golovanov ◽  
David Gerada ◽  
Luca Papini ◽  
Zeyuan Xu ◽  
Chris Gerada
Keyword(s):  
Design Tool ◽  
Machine Design ◽  
Electrical Machine ◽  
Electric Aircraft ◽  
Hybrid Electric

scholarly journals THEA-CODE: a design tool for the conceptual design of hybrid-electric aircraft with conventional or unconventional airframe configurations

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Palaia ◽  
Davide Zanetti ◽  
Karim Abu Salem ◽  
Vittorio Cipolla ◽  
Vincenzo Binante
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Current State ◽  
Electric Aircraft ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Hybrid Electric ◽  
Critical Requirement

The aviation world is dealing with the development of new and greener aviation. The need for reducing greenhouse gas emission as well as the noise is a critical requirement for the aviation of the future. The aviation world is struggling with it, and a compelling alternative can be the electric propulsion. This work aims to present THEA-CODE, a tool for the conceptual design of hybrid-electric aircraft. The tool evaluates the potential benefits of the electric propulsion in terms of fuel burnt and direct and indirect CO2 emissions. THEA-CODE is suitable not only for conventional “wing-tube” configurations but also for unconventional ones, such as the box-wing. The results show a significant reduction of fuel burnt adopting batteries with energy density higher than the current state of the art. A procedure to find the potential best compromise configurations is presented as well.

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