Sustainable Aviation for Reducing Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emission in Canadian Skies

加拿大政府制定了2050年净零排放的目标，但在加拿大的交通选择研究中缺少电动航空（EA）选项，而它引起了与加拿大气候条件相似的欧洲国家的极大兴趣。拟议的研究侧重于加拿大EA系统的大气监测/建模和社会经济分析，并提供可靠和经济的解决方案，以减少相关排放，使用电动飞机（e-planes）和机场微电网。电子飞机进入加拿大的关键市场是飞行学校（1400架飞机），飞行员在那里接受小型双座飞机的培训，并将接触到这种未来技术。第二个关键市场是区域旅行，小型飞机（1万架飞机）的飞行时间在3小时以内，比如沿海和偏远地区。这包括许多依靠空中通道获得保健服务和高价值商品的土著社区，以及日益促进可持续旅游业和需要低碳交通工具的目的地。滑铁卢-惠灵顿飞行中心（WWFC）已经与滑铁卢大学合作，研究电子飞机用于飞行训练的潜力。该联盟的提案将通过支持在加拿大气候条件下研究电动飞机电池的运行，并建议对加拿大飞行中心的配电系统进行基础设施改造，来补充其他已用于购买世界航空中心的电动飞机的拨款。这项研究计划的总体目标是测试电子飞机的可行性，包括分析加拿大环境条件下的电池系统性能，包括大范围的温度和延长的寒冷季节，并为机场微电网的优化设计提供建议，以保持电池的高健康状态，同时利用电子飞机进行飞行训练。在新技术的操作测试方面取得进展，使加拿大能够加入其他电子飞机技术的早期采用者行列，并在未来的航空运输中保持优势。

The Government of Canada has a 2050 target of net-zero emissions, yet the electric aviation (EA) option is missing from Canadian studies of transportation choices, while it has attracted significant interest in European countries with climate conditions similar to that of Canada. The proposed research focuses on atmospheric monitoring/modeling and socio-economic analysis of the EA systems in Canada and provides reliable and economical solutions to reduce associated emissions, using electric planes (e-planes) and airport microgrids. The critical market for the entry of e-planes in Canada is flight schools (1400 aircrafts) where pilots are trained in small two-seat aircraft and will be exposed to this future technology. A second key market is regional travel where small planes (10,000 aircraft) make trips under three hours in duration, such as coastal and remote communities. This includes many Indigenous communities that rely on air access for health services and high value goods, and destinations that increasingly promote sustainable tourism and need a low carbon means of transport. Waterloo-Wellington Flight Center (WWFC) has already partnered with UWaterloo to study the potentials of e-planes for flight training. This Alliance proposal will complement the other awarded grants, which have been utilized to purchase an e-plane to be in WWFC, by supporting research on the operation of the e-plane battery in Canadian climate conditions and proposing infrastructural changes in the electric distribution systems of Canadian flight Centers. The over-arching goals of this research proposal are to test e-plane viability, including analysis of battery system performance under Canadian environmental conditions, including a wide range in temperatures and extended cold season, and provide recommendations for optimal design of airport microgrids to maintain high state-of-health for batteries, while utilizing the e-planes for flight training. Making advances in operational testing of the new technology allows Canada to join other early adopters of e-plane technology and keep an edge in the future of air transportation.