WP1

Work package WP1 – Aircraft concept generation and requirements for airport LAQN

DLR

The main objectives of WP1 are to

  • State the regulatory framework and key elements for addressing the airport local air quality and noise and its relation to aircraft technologies and concepts of operations below 900m;

  • Identify a promising aircraft concept for lower air pollution and noise impact by reducing its energy consumption at take-off/landing applying large aspect ratio wing technologies and distributed hybrid electric propulsion and an estimated TRL escalation.

 

Tasks

T1.1. Review of Distributed Hybrid Electric Propulsion concepts [TUBS; RUB; DLR; UBR; UST]
T1.2. Review of Large Aspect-ratio Wings concepts [UST; UC3M; DLR; UBR].
T1.3. Airport environmental impact model [CRIDA; RIX; BSC; DLR].
T1.4. Minimal-fidelity aircraft performance model [UC3M; TUBS; UBR; UST; DLR; RUB].
T1.5. DHEP-LARW aircraft concept generation [DLR; UC3M; CIRA; UST].

Deliverables

D1.1 Reference and Baseline aircraft concepts in CPCAS format

Timeline

M0-M12

WP2

Work package WP1 – Performance and noise model of distributed hybrid electric propulsion (DHEP)  

RUB

The main objectives of WP2 are 
  • To formulate and implement performance models for electric, sustainable aviation fuel and conventional fuel power system
  • To implement and validate performance models for distributed hybrid propulsion systems including transition between different power systems.

Tasks

T2.1. Electrical power system model [UST].
T2.2. Model for SAF-JetA powertrain [RUB; TUBS]
T2.3. Component-level acoustic models [DLR, UBR]
T2.4. Hybrid powertrain-propeller integration [TUBS, RUB, UST]

Deliverables

D2.1 Models for combustion chamber, propeller noise and electrical power system
D2.2 Integrated hybrid propulsion system model including noise source modelling

Timeline

M3-M21

WP3

Work package WP3 – Models and simulations for airframe and propulsion integration

UC3M

The main objectives of WP3 are 
  • To set up of a data definition for the aircraft according to the Common Parametric Aircraft Configuration Schema
  • The development, adaptation and verification of disciplinary performance models for airframe and powertrain/airframe integration to be used within the multidisciplinary design and optimisation phase (WP5) as well as in the LAQN sensitivity analysis.

Tasks

T3.1. Airframe design and installation parameters [UC3M; DLR; UST]
T3.2. Aerodynamics models and simulations [UST; DLR, TUBS]
T3.3. Low- to high-fidelity aeroacoustics models [UBR; DLR]
T3.4. Low/mid -fidelity aeroelastic and loads models [UC3M]
T3.5. Mid/high -fidelity modelling for airframe sizing [UC3M]
T3.6. Aircraft performance model [UC3M; UST; RUB]

Deliverables

D3.1 Digital model definition in CPACS format of the selected aircraft configurations
D3.2 DHEP-LARW Aircraft performance model

Timeline

M5-M19

WP4

Work package WP4 – Models for airport LAQN performance and operations

CRIDA

The main objectives of WP4 are: 

  • The provision of current status of relevant traffic demand, relevant flight operations at representative airports and how these transform into environmental impact, both in terms of emissions and noise

  • Interfacing of existing standard-defining airport operation with advanced performance and operations models developed for conceptual and non-conventional aircraft

  • The characterisation of the existing relevant operational and environmental framework for its use on the nonconventional DHEP-LARW aircraft

  • Outlining future airport scenarios including future flight operations for greener aviation.

Tasks

T4.1. Selection of airports and operations scenario [CRIDA; RIX].
T4.2. Aircraft-airport models interoperability [UST; CRIDA]
T4.3. Trade-off for an efficient LTO cycle [CRIDA; UST; CIRA]
T4.4. Future airport scenarios: mid- to long-term horizon [CRIDA, UST; CIRA; RIX]

Deliverables

D4.1 Extended Airport Operations and Performance Model
D4.2 Preliminary greener LTO cycles and future airport scenarios

Timeline

M5-M19

WP5

Work package WP5 – Airframe-propulsion optimal integration under uncertainty

CIRA

The main objectives of WP5 are: 
  • To characterise TRL induced uncertainties on key technologies and formulate a model to be integrated into the MDOI cycle and adapt state-of-the-art uncertainty quantification methods to INDIGO's objectives;
  • To explore and assess the noise mitigation technologies in relation to the airframe-propulsion integra-tion process deemed to enhance silent operations;
  • To define a framework for robust multidisciplinary and multi-fidelity optimisation and set up the multi-disciplinary optimisation problem;
  • To execute an MDOI exercise to identify a Pareto-front of configurations from which to select the most promising in relation to the intended airport operations based on electric mode.

Tasks

T5.1 Uncertainty characterisation from TRL dependency [CIRA; RUB; UST; TUBS; UC3M; UBR].
T5.2 Advanced noise mitigation techniques [UBR; DLR].
T5.3 Robust multi-disciplinary analysis (MDA) workflow. [UC3M; CIRA; CRIDA].
T5.4 Set-up of the optimal integration problem [CIRA; DLR; UC3M; CRIDA].
T5.5 Optimal integration under uncertainty. [CIRA; UC3M; UST].
T5.6 Validation and verification with high-fidelity. [UST; UC3M].

Deliverables

D5.1 Uncertainty modelling of TRL for LARW, DHEP and integrated technologies
D5.2 Pareto-front of optimal DHEP-LARW aircraft and margins incl. selected nominal aircraft

Timeline

M12-M27

WP6

Work package WP6 – LAQN improvement from DHEP-LARW technology development

BSC CNS

The main objectives of WP6 are: 

  • To enhance predictive capabilities of LAQN KPIs of current AOPM via data-fusion of low-/mid-fidelity and accurate solutions;

  • To generate pollutants dispersion and noise maps in selected local airport regions;

  • To quantify the margins of LAQN improvement from the adoption of a DHEP-LARW aircraft and its impact on population health

Tasks

T6.1 Source models along trajectory data. [BSC; DLR; UBR; UST; RUB].
T6.2 Set-up for accurate simulations on RIX [BSC; UST; RIX].
T6.3 Definition and execution of Use Cases Scenarios. [CRIDA; UST; RIX].
T6.4 Simulation of pollutants and noise over RIX [BSC; UST; DLR; RIX; CRIDA].
T6.5 Data fusion for accurate LAQ evaluation [UST; CRIDA; CIRA; BSC].
T6.6 Sensitivity of LAQN from TRL of DHEP-LARW. [CRIDA; UST; UC3M].

Deliverables

D6.1 Improved model for evaluating pollutants propagation from data fusion
D6.2 Refined greener LTO cycles. Environmental impact (LAQN) and human health impact incl. margins from TRL

Timeline

M15-M36

WP7

Work package WP7 – Management, dissemination, exploitation and communication

UC3M

The main objectives of WP7 are: 
  • To ensure the objectives of the projects are achieved within the defined time and budget;
  • To provide financial and contractual management for the consortium;
  • To perform regular monitoring of the project, ensure the high-quality research, detect the bottlenecks and problems in early stages and lead to their resolution;
  • To establish a dissemination and communication plan and monitor its execution during the project;
  • To establish an exploitation plan and monitor the IP/exploitation activities.

Tasks

T7.1 Project monitoring and control [UC3M; ALL]
T7.2 Administrative, financial and quality management [UC3M]
T7.3 Communication and dissemination [UC3M; ALL]
T7.4 Exploitation of the results [UST; ALL]

Deliverables

D7.1 Dissemination and communication action plan (DCAP)
D7.2 Project website and social media presence
D7.3 Data management plan
D7.4 Exploitation roadmap with strategic directions for the TRL development of DHEPLARW and NRT technologies

Timeline

M1-M36