A Review of Concepts, Benefits, and Challenges for Future Electrical Propulsion-Based Aircraft
Future Energy Center, School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University, SE72219 Västerås, Sweden
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Aerospace 2020, 7(4), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace7040044
Received: 28 January 2020 / Revised: 23 March 2020 / Accepted: 28 March 2020 / Published: 13 April 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Jet Engine Technology)
Electrification of the propulsion system has opened the door to a new paradigm of propulsion system configurations and novel aircraft designs, which was never envisioned before. Despite lofty promises, the concept must overcome the design and sizing challenges to make it realizable. A suitable modeling framework is desired in order to explore the design space at the conceptual level. A greater investment in enabling technologies, and infrastructural developments, is expected to facilitate its successful application in the market. In this review paper, several scholarly articles were surveyed to get an insight into the current landscape of research endeavors and the formulated derivations related to electric aircraft developments. The barriers and the needed future technological development paths are discussed. The paper also includes detailed assessments of the implications and other needs pertaining to future technology, regulation, certification, and infrastructure developments, in order to make the next generation electric aircraft operation commercially worthy.
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Keywords:
electric aircraft; hybrid electric configuration; electric aircraft sizing; conceptual design; electrical powertrain; energy storage; multidisciplinary optimization; electrical machine; electrical grid architecture; distributed electric propulsion; boundary layer ingestion; thermal management system
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Sahoo, S.; Zhao, X.; Kyprianidis, K. A Review of Concepts, Benefits, and Challenges for Future Electrical Propulsion-Based Aircraft. Aerospace 2020, 7, 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace7040044
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Sahoo S, Zhao X, Kyprianidis K. A Review of Concepts, Benefits, and Challenges for Future Electrical Propulsion-Based Aircraft. Aerospace. 2020; 7(4):44. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace7040044
Chicago/Turabian StyleSahoo, Smruti; Zhao, Xin; Kyprianidis, Konstantinos. 2020. "A Review of Concepts, Benefits, and Challenges for Future Electrical Propulsion-Based Aircraft" Aerospace 7, no. 4: 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace7040044
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