In this webinar on Thursday 2 May Professor Dame Helen Atkinson DBE discussed the risks and challenges in achieving net zero in defence aviation.

During the session, Professor Dame Helen Atkinson DBE highlights:

  • updates from Cranfield,
  • risks in making the transition to net zero,
  • significant areas still to be explored and developed.

Whether you attended the event and would like to conduct some background reading, or if you couldn't make it but would like to know more about the topic, your free Alumni Library Online (ALO) can help you stay informed.

Here are a few examples of the articles you can read via your ALO:

ABI-Inform

Pandiangan, M. L., Kurniawan, T. A., Aurelia, A., & Rasya, T. (2023). Enhancing airport environmental sustainability through net zero energy building principles. IOP Conference Series.Earth and Environmental Science, 1268(1), 012044. 

Görlinger, S., Merrem, C., Jungmann, M., & Aeschbach, N. (2023). An evidence-based approach to accelerate flight reduction in academia. Climate Action, 2(1), 41.

Davydenko, I., & Hilbers, H. (2024). Decarbonization Paths for the Dutch Aviation Sector. Sustainability, 16(3), 950. 

Dimos, D., & de Graaf, S. (2024). Overview of safety challenges associated with integration of hydrogen-based propulsion systems for climate neutral aviation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2716(1), 012001.

Detsios, N., Maragoudaki, L., Rebecchi, S., Quataert, K., De Winter, K., Stathopoulos, V., Orfanoudakis, N. G., Grammelis, P., & Atsonios, K. (2024). Techno-Economic Evaluation of Jet Fuel Production via an Alternative Gasification-Driven Biomass-to-Liquid Pathway and Benchmarking with the State-of-the-Art Fischer–Tropsch and Alcohol-to-Jet Concepts. Energies, 17(7), 1685. 

AIAA Journals and Meeting Papers

Phillip J. Ansell. Electrical Grid Requirements for Sustainable Green Hydrogen Use in Aviation, AIAA 2023-4476. AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum. June 2023.

Prateek Ranjan, Ghanendra K. Das, Elias Waddington, Matthew G. Lauer, Phillip J. Ansell and Kai James. Preliminary Design and Optimization of a Hydrogen-Electric Aircraft Concept, AIAA 2023-4344. AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum. June 2023.

Daniel C. Amargianitakis, Rodney H. Self, Antonio J. Torija, Anderson R. Proença, and Athanasios P. Synodinos. (2024). Toward Estimating Noise–Power–Distance Curves for Propeller-Powered Zero-Emission Hydrogen Aircraft. Journal of Aircraft, 61(2), 485-502.

Elias Waddington, Jason M. Merret, and Phillip J. Ansell. (2023). Impact of Liquid-Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Propulsion on Aircraft Configuration and Integration. Journal of Aircraft, 60(5), 1588-1600.

Jordi Poblador Ibanez, Lorenzo Nocivelli and Debolina Dasgupta. Multi-component Evaporation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Droplets, AIAA 2024-1997. AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum. January 2024.

Nitya Maruthuvakudi Venkatram, Savri Gandhi, Burak Bagdatli and Dimitri N. Mavris. Modeling and Visualization of Zero Impact Strategies for Aviation: Fleet-Level Aviation Impact Representation Environment, AIAA 2024-1476. AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum. January 2024.

ASME

Sapra, H, Hessel, R, Miganakallu, N, Stafford, J, Amezcua, E, Rothamer, D, Kim, K, Kweon, CM, & Kokjohn, S. Hot-Surface Pilot Ignition: A Novel Sustainable Aviation Fuel Agnostic Combustion Strategy. Proceedings of the ASME 2023 ICE Forward Conference. ASME 2023 ICE Forward Conference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. October 8–11, 2023. V001T01A007. ASME.

Sasi, S, Mourouzidis, C, Roumeliotis, I, Nikolaidis, T, Pachidis, V, & Norman, J. Impacts of Alternative Aviation Fuels on Engine Cycle Design and Aircraft Mission Capability. Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2023: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 2: Ceramics and Ceramic Composites; Coal, Biomass, Hydrogen, and Alternative Fuels. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. June 26–30, 2023. V002T03A005. ASME. 

de Nercy - Maingard, H, & Palies, P. Impact of Fuel Type on Aircraft Range: An Initial Optimization SWAG合集. Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2023: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 2: Ceramics and Ceramic Composites; Coal, Biomass, Hydrogen, and Alternative Fuels. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. June 26–30, 2023. V002T03A020. ASME. 

Palies, P. P. (September 1, 2022). Hydrogen Thermal-Powered Aircraft Combustion and Propulsion System. ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. October 2022; 144(10): 101007.

IEEE ASPP Online

A. Elwakeel et al., Characterizing Semiconductor Devices for All-Electric Aircraft, IEEE Access, 11, 73490-73504, 2023.

L. Xu et al., A Comprehensive Review on Fuel Cell UAV Key Technologies: Propulsion System, Management Strategy, and Design Procedure, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(4), pp. 4118-4139, Dec. 2022.

C. Hartmann, J. K. Nøland, R. Nilssen and R. Mellerud, Dual Use of Liquid Hydrogen in a Next-Generation PEMFC-Powered Regional Aircraft With Superconducting Propulsion, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 8(4), 4760-4778, Dec. 2022.

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