Frosina, E.; Senatore, A.; Palumbo, L.; Di Lorenzo, G.; Pascarella, C. Development of a Lumped Parameter Model for an Aeronautic Hybrid Electric Propulsion System. Aerospace2018, 5, 105.
Frosina, E.; Senatore, A.; Palumbo, L.; Di Lorenzo, G.; Pascarella, C. Development of a Lumped Parameter Model for an Aeronautic Hybrid Electric Propulsion System. Aerospace 2018, 5, 105.
Frosina, E.; Senatore, A.; Palumbo, L.; Di Lorenzo, G.; Pascarella, C. Development of a Lumped Parameter Model for an Aeronautic Hybrid Electric Propulsion System. Aerospace2018, 5, 105.
Frosina, E.; Senatore, A.; Palumbo, L.; Di Lorenzo, G.; Pascarella, C. Development of a Lumped Parameter Model for an Aeronautic Hybrid Electric Propulsion System. Aerospace 2018, 5, 105.
Abstract
This paper describes a case study for applying of hybrid-electric propulsion system for a general aviation aircraft. The work was performed by a joint team of CIRA and the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Naples “Federico II”. Electric and hybrid electric propulsion for aircraft has gained widespread and significant attention over the past decade. The driver for industry interest has principally been the need to reduce emissions of combustion engine exhaust products and noise, but increasingly studies revealed potential for overall improvement in energy efficiency and mission flexibility of new aircraft types. The project goal was to demonstrate feasibility of aeronautic parallel hybrid-electric propulsion for a Light aircraft varying the mission profiles and the electric configuration. Through a creation, and application, of a global model, with software AMESim®, in which it can be represented everything about the components chosen by the industrial partners, some interesting considerations are carried out. In particular, it was confirmed that with the only integration of state of the art technologies, for some particular missions, the advantages of aircraft hybrid-electric propulsion, for light aircraft, are notable.
Keywords
lumped parameter simulation; aircraft hybrid propulsion; fuel fconomy; propulsion and propellant systems
Subject
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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