Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Electric Airplane Engines

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the nacelle components surrounding the General Electric GEnx turbofan engine provide a wide range of opportunities for advanced composites. Source: Olivier Cleynen Fig. 1: The Evolution of Airliner Fuel Efficiency. Decades of aircraft industry research The aircraft, developed by researchers from Cambridge University with funding support from Boeing, is powered by a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system where an electric motor and petrol engine work together to drive the propeller. It uses up to 30 Rolls, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind U.S. group Soaring demand for more fuel-efficient engines for planes made by Airbus and Boeing has helped Rolls-Royce enjoy strong profits and revenue growth over the last 11 years Researchers from the University of Cambridge, in association with Boeing, have successfully tested the first aircraft to be powered by a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system, where an electric motor and petrol engine work together to drive the propeller. the grounds below shook from the roar of the fighter bomber's twin engines. When the next aircraft took to the sky, the air show went eerily quiet. The fully electric E-Fan aircraft, engineered by Airbus Group, made one of its first public demonstrations The TF34 turbofan engine developed by General Electric was in response to the U.S. Navy's need for an antisubmarine aircraft. It was the first engine GE built with a forged combustor rather than one assembled out of sheet metal. The resulting engine was .

This is all about average for a light aircraft of this size. What’s unique are those 18 electric engines, and the wing, which has a total area of just over 5 square meters. In order to fly, a conventional airplane of this size needs three times as much The result is an airplane that 30% less fuel than a comparable 100% petrol plane. “The petrol engine works with the battery-powered one at take-off and climb, when the plane needs extra power, but the electric motor can then switch into generator mode United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) through its subsidiary Pratt & Whitney (P&W) is locked in a battle with General Electric‘s (NYSE:GE) GE Aviation for the top spot in the global aircraft engine market. These two companies and Rolls Royce are considered the The company is also exploring hybrid airplanes, where fuel-burning engines would serve to charge the batteries that would power the electric motors, as Airbus's Dr. Jean Botti explains: Building electric planes to carry airline passengers is a tall order .



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