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Aero Engine Round Table, 30 May 2018 1

NAG, DGTA, NLR, 30 May 2018

Aero Engine Round Table

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€ 76 M turnover

Innovative, engaged and practical

One-stop-shop

70% Dutch, 20% EU and 10% international

Global player with Dutch roots

For industry and government

600 employees

Amsterdam, Marknesse, Schiphol 99 years young

Extremely high client satisfaction Active in 29 countries

For civil and defence

NLR in brief

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Global player with Dutch roots

Location

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Universities

Industry

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Innovation in practical terms

• Focus on applicability

• One-stop-shop

• Unique combination of knowledge and facilities

• Validation, verification, qualification and prototyping

• High technology readiness

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Multidisciplinary fields of knowledge

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Aerospace systems Aerospace operations Aerospace vehicles

NLR, home to many markets

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Civil aviation Defence and government

Civil industry Space

Defence security industry

Non aerospace: rail

Facilities bolster our innovative strength

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WIND TUNNELS CESSNA CITATION AEROSPACE SYSTEMS SIMULATORS

Facilities bolster our innovative strength

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SIMULATORS New flight procedures for all types of aircraft

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WIND TUNNELS CESSNA CITATION AEROSPACE SYSTEMS

CESSNA CITATION

Testing new technologies in practise

Facilities bolster our innovative strength

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WIND TUNNELS AEROSPACE SYSTEMS SIMULATORS

AEROSPACE SYSTEMS

Providing space for aerospace technology

Facilities bolster our innovative strength

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WIND TUNNELS CESSNA CITATION SIMULATORS

WIND TUNNELS

Measuring flight characteristics under all conditions

Facilities bolster our innovative strength

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CESSNA CITATION AEROSPACE SYSTEMS SIMULATORS

NLR Capabilities

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Analysis & Design

Manufacturing

Testing & Inspection

Certification

Training

Operation

Sustainment

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Analysis & Design

• Damage Analysis

• Topology Optimisation

• Virtual Testing

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Analysis: Aerodynamics & Loads

• Aerodynamics

– Theoretical

– Experimental

– Fixed Wing/Rotary Wing

• Noise/Acoustics

– Prediction/Modelling

• Comfort

• Gas Turbines

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Design: Windtunnel Testing

• High precision

• (Component) Balances

• Powered/Non-Powered

• High Measurement Instrumentation Density

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Manufacturing

• Materials

– Metals

– Composites

• Processes

– Composites, Automation

– Cost Reduction

– Metal; Additive Manufacturing

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Testing & Inspection

• Testing

– Full Building Block

– Micro SEM to Full Scale

– Certification

– Innovative monitoring and validation

• Inspection

– C-scan

– Digital Image Correlation

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Certification & Training

• Requirements

• EASA Qualified Entity

• Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems

• Short Courses

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Operation

• Noise Measurements

• Ship-Helicopter Operation

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Sustainment

• Structural Integrity

• Load and Usage Monitoring

• Structural Health Monitoring

• Repair

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Martin Nagelsmit, 30 May 2018

Electrification of Aerospace at NLR

Breakdown

• Unmanned Systems

– Electric

– Hydrogen Fuel Cell

• Electric Systems

– MEA

– Heat and power management

• Propulsion

– Turboelectric, Hybrid Electric, Electric

• Radical Configurations

– Integration propulsion and airframe

• Environment and Policy

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Projects and Funding at different levels

• Literature Studies

• Master Thesis Projects

• Technology Bricks by own funding

• EU Projects on general technology

• Specific applications with TKI funding

• Contract research for industrial applications

Optimal integration in

airspace Optimal

integration in aircraft

Propulsor

Electric aircraft propulsion – research area overview

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Elec Motor

Motor Control

Power electr.

Electrical power management

Fuel cell

Gas turbine (hybrid)

Hydrogen storage

Reformer

Electrical energy storage

Forze Delft University Hydrogen race cars

Intelligent Energy Fuel cell UAV

Clean Sky Systems ITD

project

Clean Sky Systems ITD

project

Hybrid Electric Propulsion Systems

HEPS project

Airbus E-fan LiIon bat packs

Contra-rotating Propellor research and

wind tunnel testing PropMat project

Airbus E-thrust Hybrid-electric concept

Boudary layer ingestion Euroflyer, Delft University

Distributed propulsion Lilium aircraft

Hydrogen Electric Powertrain

Volocopter Urban Mobility

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HEP Optimization Study

• Master Thesis Joey Hoogendoorn (TuD)

• Graduation expected: 29 march 2018

• Literature study on Fuel Cells, Batteries and Hydrogen Storage options

• Optimization analysis for best range performance electrical aircraft

• NLRs ‘Orange Helicopter’ PH-X1A used as example case for electrification

Heat and Power Management

• FARPM: Full aircraft simulations on energy and power flows including heat generation

• ENERGIZE: optimization of the interaction between engine, electrical system and ECS-system to create level power demands over the flight

• Fuel cell application for energy concepts: operational study into the potential of fuel cells for vehicle applications and operations

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NOVAIR CleanSky2 Project Concept studies met TUDelft

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Innovations for hybrid: • Boundary Layer

Ingestion • Distributed Propulsion • ....

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SCALAIR CleanSky2 Project Radical Configuration Scaled Flight Testing

• 1st phase validation SFT: 1:8.5 Airbus A320

• WP1.6.3 Demonstration of a radical new configuration

Aero-Propulsive Interaction

Electrical powertrain module

Engine model

A320 study: incremental modifications

1. HEP architecture

3. Fuel Cell 4. Solar Panels 5. Engine down scaling

2. MEA configuration

Power train studies

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• Report: Electrification of Aerospace

– Current status and developments in General Aviation

– CO2 emission effects of electric taxiing

– Alternative propulsion for large commercial aircraft

Environment and Policy

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Future

• Creating opportunities for The Netherlands!

NLR Amsterdam

Anthony Fokkerweg 2

1059 CM Amsterdam

p ) +31 88 511 31 13 f ) +31 88 511 32 10

e ) info@nlr.nl i ) www.nlr.nl

NLR Marknesse

Voorsterweg 31

8316 PR Marknesse

p ) +31 88 511 44 44 f ) +31 88 511 42 10

e ) info@nlr.nl i ) www.nlr.nl

Fully engaged Netherlands Aerospace Centre