Green Aerospace Propulsion Technology and Sustainable Energy System Innovation
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable aviation; aerospace propulsion; hydrogen combustion; ammonia combustion; plasma-assisted combustion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Driving sustainable aviation is a significant challenge, and one that requires important new green aerospace propulsion technologies and new energy systems to support them.
This Special Issue is devoted to exploring the latest technology and research on low-emission propulsion, alternative fuels, and energy-efficient systems designed to decarbonize the aerospace sector.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hydrogen and ammonia propulsion: Feasibility, combustion characteristics, and integration challenges.
- Electric and hybrid–electric aircraft: Advances in battery technology, fuel cells, and hybrid architectures.
- Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs): Development, life cycle analysis, regulatory considerations, etc.
- Plasma-assisted combustion: Improving efficiency and reducing emissions with plasma technologies.
- Advanced thermal management systems: Waste heat recovery and cooling strategies to achieve sustainable propulsion.
- AI and Digital Twin applications to optimize performance and predictive maintenance for propulsion.
This Special Issue will help advance science and technology in the field of sustainable aviation, as well as regulatory frameworks, to enable the faster adoption of clean propulsion systems and sustainable energy systems in aerospace. Research contributions from academia, industry, and research institutions and organizations dedicated to supporting the future of green aviation are welcome.
Dr. Maria Grazia De Giorgi
Dr. Ghazanfar Mehdi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable aviation
- green propulsion technologies
- hydrogen combustion
- ammonia combustion
- hybrid–electric aircraft
- sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs)
- plasma-assisted combustion
- fuel cells
- digital twin in propulsion
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