Full Title: Fleet Level Decarbonization Potential for Hybrid-Electric Airplanes
Author(s): Francesco Salucci, Nirmit Prabhakar and Dominik Karbowski
Publisher(s): Aerospace Research Central
Publication Date: July 27, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
This paper reviews two promising technologies for aviation decarbonization: hybridization and using drop-in sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). Flight performance models are used to analyze range–payload relationships for hybrid-electric and SAF-fueled aircraft. Traffic demand models analyze the types and lengths of flights that can be replaced by this new aircraft fleet, and GHG emissions are compared with those of a conventional fleet.