TY - JOUR
T1 - Electric/Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Propulsion Systems
AU - Wheeler, Patrick
AU - Sirimanna, Thusara Samith
AU - Bozhko, Serhiy
AU - Haran, Kiruba S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received September 4, 2020; revised January 25, 2021 and March 29, 2021; accepted April 2, 2021. Date of publication April 29, 2021; date of current version May 20, 2021. This work was supported by the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant 807081. (Corresponding author: Patrick Wheeler.) Patrick Wheeler and Serhiy Bozhko are with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K. (e-mail: pat.wheeler@nottingham.ac.uk). Thusara Samith Sirimanna and Kiruba S. Haran are with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA.
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - The idea of electric propulsion for transportation is not new; indeed, the first cars, nearly 200 years ago, were electric. However, our dependence on fossil fuels over the last 100 years is now being questioned, and as a global society, we are moving toward more-electric transportation solutions. Electric propulsion of aircraft is part of this trend, either all-electric or through a large variety of the proposed hybrid propulsion systems. This article considers some of these systems, their technological requirements, and the ongoing research and development in motors and drives necessary to make this technological change a feasible option for the future of passenger flight.
AB - The idea of electric propulsion for transportation is not new; indeed, the first cars, nearly 200 years ago, were electric. However, our dependence on fossil fuels over the last 100 years is now being questioned, and as a global society, we are moving toward more-electric transportation solutions. Electric propulsion of aircraft is part of this trend, either all-electric or through a large variety of the proposed hybrid propulsion systems. This article considers some of these systems, their technological requirements, and the ongoing research and development in motors and drives necessary to make this technological change a feasible option for the future of passenger flight.
KW - Electric propulsion
KW - hybrid-electric powertrains
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U2 - 10.1109/JPROC.2021.3073291
DO - 10.1109/JPROC.2021.3073291
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85105069426
SN - 0018-9219
VL - 109
SP - 1115
EP - 1127
JO - Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers
JF - Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers
IS - 6
M1 - 9419369
ER -