A pioneering Wing Design for a Hybrid Electric Regional Aircraft with a maximum capacity of 100 seats and a range of 500 km to 1000 km
The Hybrid Electric Regional Wing Integration Novel Green Technologies1 (HERWINGT) project is one of the game-changers to drive the transformation toward the decarbonization of aviation systems. It aims to design a novel wing, ideal for the future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft of the Regional Segment, and to develop architectures, structures, and technologies allowing higher integration of electric systems. Through these disruptive solutions, it will be pursued a 50% fuel burn reduction, at the aircraft (A/C) level compared to a 2020 State-Of-Art (SoA) A/C, in three different ways:
Pioneering wing configurations and improved aerodynamic leading to drag reduction and enabling a fuel burn reduction of 15% at the wing component level, compared to a 2020 SoA wing.
Wing structures, more integrated systems, and new material technologies resulted in a weight reduction of 20% at the component level, compared to a 2020 SoA wing.
The development of technologies enabling the wing for a hybrid-electrical use case (H2/Batteries + fuel systems using Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF))
HERWINGT also commits to delivering:
Digital twins and a life cycle assessment of the components, subsystems, and full wing system compatible with the reference aircraft digital framework and requirements
Α roadmap toward the wing full-scale demonstration at A/C level with a first flight and proposes a qualification and certification plan linked to the proposed activities and suitable for Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft.
The final product of the project will be available for Entry Into Service (EIS) in 2035 for Regional Aircraft.
1 Novel Green Technologies considered in HERWINGT takes into consideration new materials, structural concepts, integrated systems and drag reduction technologies in order to have 50% fuel burn reduction at the A/C level but also to reduce industrial wastes associated to manufacturing of such A/C
10/23/2024
Author: Deborah Neumann de la Cruz1
07/02/2024
AIRBUS, the coordinator of the HERWINGT project, is organizing the 3rd Cooperation Workshop for the HERA project and other Clean Aviation co-dependent projects. The workshop will be held in Madrid from July 3 to July 4.
05/01/2024
The HERWINGT consortium had its first annual meeting at the Clean Aviation premises in Brussels Belgium. This milestone event concluded on February 21, with the reviewers commending the diligent efforts of the consortium.
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