In Japan, the development of fully superconducting propulsion systems for aircrafts have been conducted as a NEDO project. The target is a 20 MW propulsion system for an aircraft with 100-200 passengers. It is planned to be composed of 2 10-MW fully superconducting generators, 10 2-MW fully superconducting motors, superconducting cables, inverters which operate at liquid nitrogen (LN2)...
The Integrated Zero Emission Aviation (IZEA) consortium is a NASA-funded University Leadership Initiative that explores the conceptual design of regional passenger aircraft with reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The project concept explores liquid hydrogen as both a fuel and as a cryogenic coolant to facilitate high power-density components such as superconducting generators, superconducting...
The field of electrified aircraft propulsion is undergoing a transformative evolution driven by the breakthrough advancements in superconducting electrical machines and cables. This paper highlights the significant progress achieved in developing a superconducting electric drivetrain under the Center for High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft (CHEETA) project. The team is...
Due to aviation’s appreciable and growing share of humanity’s impact on our environment and estimates that CO2 emissions only account for 34% of aviation’s total effective radiative forcing [1], there is a need to reach beyond climate goals that focus only on CO2 emissions, such as the US Aviation Climate Action Plan’s [2] goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. There is motivation to...
