Modeling and exploration of alternative propulsion technologies for business jets

由于越来越多的企业为减少碳足迹而采取环保措施，预计对环保型公务机的需求将会增加。然而，关于公务机替代推进的现实研究很少，世界各地的重大研发投资并非出于理性决策，而是受到当前围绕电动飞机的技术炒作的推动。该项目旨在确定有前途的替代推进技术，以减少公务机对环境的影响，同时保持目标飞机的性能。替代推进的真正和现实的好处和挑战将被量化，包括新型推进系统的整体生命周期影响，而不仅仅是飞行中的排放。该项目将为庞巴迪公司、加拿大普惠公司和Calogy解决方案公司的技术开发路线图提供清晰、现实的前景替代推进技术及其需求。此外，它将促进大型和成熟的航空航天公司与开发新技术的初创公司之间的合作，从而通过在国内外航空航天工业高度需要的新飞机推进技术方面发展世界公认的技术专长和高素质人才，提高quamezbec和加拿大的全球竞争力。

Demand for environment-friendly business jets is expected to increase due to the growing number of corporations enacting environmental initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint. Yet, few realistic studies have been conducted on alternative propulsion for business jets and major R&D investments around the world are not driven by rational decision, but rather by the current technology hype around electric aircraft.This project aims to identify promising alternative propulsion technologies to reduce the environmental impact of business jets while maintaining the target aircraft performance. True and realistic benefits and challenges of alternative propulsion will be quantified including the overall life-cycle impact of novel propulsion systems and not only the in-flight emissions.This project will benefit Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Calogy Solutions in their technology development roadmap by providing a clear and realistic picture of promising alternative propulsion technologies and their requirements. Furthermore, it will foster collaboration between large and well-established aerospace companies, and a start-up developing new technologies, thus increasing Québec's and Canada's global competitiveness by developing worldwide recognized technical expertise and highly qualified personnel in new aircraft propulsion technologies, a field highly in demand by the aerospace industry here and abroad.