A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft Design
A new Range Equation for a hybrid-electric propeller-driven aircraft was formulated by an original derivation based on the comparison of Virtual Electrical Aircraft (VEA) and Virtual Thermal Aircraft (VTA) range equations. The new formulation makes it possible to study the range of a hybrid aircraft...
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| description | A new Range Equation for a hybrid-electric propeller-driven aircraft was formulated by an original derivation based on the comparison of Virtual Electrical Aircraft (VEA) and Virtual Thermal Aircraft (VTA) range equations. The new formulation makes it possible to study the range of a hybrid aircraft with pre-established values of electric motor usage rate. The fuel and battery mass are defined "a priori", and do not depend on the power split, so even the aircraft’s total mass is constant. The comparison with the typical range formulas available for hybrid aircraft was made on the basis of a reference composite VLA category aircraft manufactured by the CFM Air company. The analysis carried out shows that there is an optimum hybridization level as a function of the pre-set specific energy of the batteries system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce2b3f6b836948b1a01b707b88321f9f2023-11-24T14:22:51ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102023-11-01101195510.3390/aerospace10110955A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft DesignEnrico Cestino0Davide Pisu1Vito Sapienza2Lorenzo Chesta3Valentina Martilla4Department of Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyCFM Air, Via S. Maurizio, 184A/2, 10073 Ciriè, ItalyCFM Air, Via S. Maurizio, 184A/2, 10073 Ciriè, ItalyCFM Air, Via S. Maurizio, 184A/2, 10073 Ciriè, ItalyA new Range Equation for a hybrid-electric propeller-driven aircraft was formulated by an original derivation based on the comparison of Virtual Electrical Aircraft (VEA) and Virtual Thermal Aircraft (VTA) range equations. The new formulation makes it possible to study the range of a hybrid aircraft with pre-established values of electric motor usage rate. The fuel and battery mass are defined "a priori", and do not depend on the power split, so even the aircraft’s total mass is constant. The comparison with the typical range formulas available for hybrid aircraft was made on the basis of a reference composite VLA category aircraft manufactured by the CFM Air company. The analysis carried out shows that there is an optimum hybridization level as a function of the pre-set specific energy of the batteries system.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/11/955hybrid-electric aircraftrange equationoptimum hybridization level |
| spellingShingle | Enrico Cestino Davide Pisu Vito Sapienza Lorenzo Chesta Valentina Martilla A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft Design Aerospace hybrid-electric aircraft range equation optimum hybridization level |
| title | A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft Design |
| title_full | A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft Design |
| title_fullStr | A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft Design |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft Design |
| title_short | A New Range Equation for Hybrid Aircraft Design |
| title_sort | new range equation for hybrid aircraft design |
| topic | hybrid-electric aircraft range equation optimum hybridization level |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/11/955 |
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