Decarbonised Future Regional Airport Infrastructure

Markus Meindl; Cor de Ruiter; Valerio Marciello; Mario Di Stasio; Florian Hilpert; Manuela Ruocco; Fabrizio Nicolosi; Nils Thonemann; Karen Saavedra-Rubio; Louis Locqueville; Alexis Laurent; Martin Maerz

doi:10.3390/aerospace10030283

Aerospace (Mar 2023)

Decarbonised Future Regional Airport Infrastructure

Markus Meindl,
Cor de Ruiter,
Valerio Marciello,
Mario Di Stasio,
Florian Hilpert,
Manuela Ruocco,
Fabrizio Nicolosi,
Nils Thonemann,
Karen Saavedra-Rubio,
Louis Locqueville,
Alexis Laurent,
Martin Maerz

Affiliations

Markus Meindl: Institute of Power Electronics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 90429 Nuermberg, Germany
Cor de Ruiter: Rotterdam the Hague Innovation Airport, 3045 AP Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Valerio Marciello: Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
Mario Di Stasio: Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
Florian Hilpert: Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Manuela Ruocco: SmartUp Engineering srl, 80123 Naples, Italy
Fabrizio Nicolosi: Department of Industrial Engineering, Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
Nils Thonemann: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Karen Saavedra-Rubio: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Louis Locqueville: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Alexis Laurent: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Martin Maerz: Institute of Power Electronics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 90429 Nuermberg, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10030283
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 3
p. 283

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Sustainability and, especially, emission reductions are significant challenges for airports currently being addressed. The Clean Sky 2 project GENESIS addresses the environmental sustainability of hybrid-electric 50-passenger aircraft systems in a life cycle perspective to support the development of a technology roadmap for the transition to sustainable and competitive electric aircraft systems. This article originates from the GENESIS research and describes various options for ground power supply at a regional airport. Potential solutions for airport infrastructure with a short (2030), medium (2040) and long (2050) time horizon are proposed. This analysis includes estimating the future energy demand per day, month and year. In addition, the current flight plan based on conventional aircraft is adapted to the needs of a 50-PAX regional aircraft. Thus, this article provides an overview of the energy demand of a regional airport, divided into individual time horizons.

Published in Aerospace

ISSN: 2226-4310 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/aerospace

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