Advances in electric machine efficiency and energy storage capability are enabling a new alternative to traditional propulsion systems for aircraft. This has already begun with several small concept and demonstration vehicles, and NASA projects this technology will be essential to meet energy and emissions goals for commercial aviation in the next 30 years. In order to raise the Technology Readiness Level of electric propulsion systems, practical integration and performance challenges will need to be identified and studied in the near-term so that larger, more advanced electric propulsion system testbeds can be designed and built. Researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center are building up a suite of test articles for the development, integration, and validation of these systems in a real world environment.


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    Title :

    Enabling Electric Propulsion for Flight - Hybrid Electric Aircraft Research at AFRC


    Contributors:
    Clarke, Sean (author) / Lin, Yohan (author) / Kloesel, Kurt (author) / Ginn, Starr (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference ; 2014 ; Atlanta GA, United States


    Publication date :

    2014-06-18


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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