Concept & Objectives
IMOTHEP’s Top-Level Goals
Specific objectives
- Identify architecture & aircraft concepts that benefit from HEP
- Investigate technologies for HE power train architecture and components at relevant scale and in close connection with propulsion and aircraft architecture
- Analyse required tools, infrastructures, demonstrations and regulatory adaptations for HEP development
- Synthesise results through the elaboration of the roadmap for HEP development
IMOTHEP's Overall Approach: Investigating HEP Energy System
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In close connection with propulsion integration in the vehicle
- Specifications for power chain components derived from conceptual design of aircraft concepts
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At a meaningful scale
- Representative of technological challenges in the power range of commercial aircraft (3 - 80 MW)
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With a major effort on investigating technologies for a hybrid-electric power train
- From electric architecture to power electronics
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Synthesised through integrated aircraft performance analysis
To identify :
- Technological gaps and key enablers
- Architectures and configurations that most benefit from HEP
IMOTHEP's Methodological Approach
Three design loops will be performed using tools with an increasing degree of refinement:
- the "conceptual design" loop (L0) will produce a first design and sizing of the configurations, and an assessment of their performance
- the "multidisciplinary design" loop (L1) using quasi-static integrated optimisation will provide an optimised definition of the vehicle and updated target specifications for the components
- the "refined assessment" loop (L2) will use dynamic simulation and allow local optimisation of components
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