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

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 prop...

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Published in:Mechanics & industry : an international journal on mechanical sciences and engineering applications 2021, Vol.22, p.19
Main Authors: Palaia, Giuseppe, Zanetti, Davide, Abu Salem, Karim, Cipolla, Vittorio, Binante, Vincenzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft
Aircraft design
Airframes
Aviation
climate change
Conceptual design
Configurations
Design
Electric propulsion
Emissions
Emissions control
Energy management
Flux density
Fly by wire control
Fuels
green aviation
Greenhouse gases
hybrid-electric configuration
Hybridization
prandtl plane
regional aircraft
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Summary: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 CO 2 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.
ISSN:2257-7777
2257-7750
DOI:10.1051/meca/2021012