COMPANION

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• 批准号: 10108242
• 金额: $ 12.65万
• 依托单位: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10108242
• 关键词: COMPANION

The purpose of the COMPANION project is to define, design and prepare a common flight test demonstrator platform to enable the validation of ultra-efficient propulsion systems developed in Clean Aviation Call#01 projects at full scale and in a wide envelope of realistic operational conditions. Given the clear requirement in the roadmap planning of the CA projects OFELIA and SWITCH for flight test demonstrations in Clean Aviation Phase 2 to achieve TRL 6 before the end of the program in 2030, a corresponding platform must be prepared to be available before the end of year 2026. The project targets to prepare and deliver the hardware of the flight test platform ready for engine installation by the end of June 2026. The flight clearance process will be opened in COMPANION, but will need to continue with the installation of the demonstrator engines in follow-up projects to be defined at the end of CA Phase 1. The project plan proposes to prepare a common flight test demonstrator platform on the basis of an Airbus A380 aircraft with one of the inboard engine pylons modified to accommodate versatile ultra-efficient proposal systems which are currently under development for a Clean Aviation Short Range and Short and Medium Range concept aircraft, namely an Open Rotor test engine and a hybrid electric Ultra HighByPass Turbofan. The flight test aircraft will be fully equipped to host a diversity of standard and special flight test instrumentation that will be defined in close cooperation with the projects OFELIA and SWITCH to provide all data required to quantify the performance of the demonstrator engines under operational conditions. The test aircraft allows the demonstrator engines to operate on conventional kerosene and SAF fuel at blending rates of up to 100%.

COMPANION项目的目的是定义、设计和准备一个通用的飞行试验验证平台，以便在全尺寸和广泛的实际操作条件下验证清洁航空呼叫#01项目中开发的超高效推进系统。考虑到清洁航空第二阶段飞行试验演示的CA项目OFELIA和CRAF的路线图规划中明确要求在2030年计划结束前达到TRL 6，因此必须在2026年底前准备好相应的平台。该项目的目标是在2026年6月底之前准备并交付飞行测试平台的硬件，以便发动机安装。飞行许可程序将在COMPANION中开始，但需要在CA第1阶段结束时确定的后续项目中继续安装验证发动机。该项目计划建议在空中客车A380飞机的基础上准备一个通用的飞行试验验证平台，其中一个内侧发动机挂架经过修改，以适应目前正在为清洁航空短程和短程和中程概念飞机开发的多功能超高效建议系统，即开放式转子试验发动机和混合动力电动超高旁通涡轮风扇。试飞飞机将配备齐全，以容纳各种标准和特殊的试飞仪器，这些仪器将与OFELIA项目和EQUIPMENT项目密切合作确定，以提供量化验证发动机在运行条件下性能所需的所有数据。试验飞机允许验证机发动机以高达100%的混合率使用常规煤油和SAF燃料。