The air transportation for the new millennium will require revolutionary solutions to meeting public demand for improving safety, reliability, environmental compatibility, and affordability. NASA s vision for 21st Century Aircraft is to develop propulsion systems that are intelligent, virtually inaudible (outside the airport boundaries), and have near zero harmful emissions (CO2 and NO(x)). This vision includes intelligent engines that will be capable of adapting to changing internal and external conditions to optimally accomplish the mission with minimal human intervention. The distributed vectored propulsion will replace two to four wing mounted or fuselage mounted engines by a large number of small, mini, or micro engines. And the electric drive propulsion based on fuel cell power will generate electric power, which in turn will drive propulsors to produce the desired thrust. Such a system will completely eliminate the harmful emissions.
Novel Propulsion and Power Concepts for 21st Century Aviation
2003
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Electric & Ion Propulsion , Manned Spacecraft , Propulsion system performance , Safety , Reliability , Engine design , Electric propulsion , Air transportation , Airports , Propulsion system configurations , Fuel cells , Compatibility , Carbon dioxide , Body-wing configurations
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