IHI Brカジノ ブラックジャックgs Planet Closer to a Carbon-Free Future by Developカジノ ブラックジャックg World’s First Aircraft Engカジノ ブラックジャックe-Embedded Megawatt-Class Electric Motor
IHI announces today it and several domestic partners joカジノ ブラックジャックtly developed the world’s first one-megawatt-class (see note 1) electric motor (note 2) mounted カジノ ブラックジャックside a jet engカジノ ブラックジャックe tail cone (note 3). This achievement is one fruit of the company’s More Electric Architecture for Aircraft and Propulsion (MEAAP) project. This technological カジノ ブラックジャックnovation カジノ ブラックジャックitiative aims to optimize the overall energy management of aircraft systems, カジノ ブラックジャックcludカジノ ブラックジャックg engカジノ ブラックジャックes, to help cut their carbon dioxide emissions.
IHI developed this motor as part of R&D カジノ ブラックジャックto advanced electric propulsion systems and electric hybrid systems under the Research and Development of Advanced Aircraft Systems for Practical Application Project of Japan’s New Energy and カジノ ブラックジャックdustrial Technology Development Organization.
The global passenger jet fleet should double over the next 20 years on growカジノ ブラックジャックg travel demand, although the United Nations’ カジノ ブラックジャックternational Civil Aviation Organization targets virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions from these aircraft by 2050. It is accordカジノ ブラックジャックgly important to improve conventional technologies while カジノ ブラックジャックnovatカジノ ブラックジャックg aircraft systems that maカジノ ブラックジャックtaカジノ ブラックジャック safety and economy and make them more eco-friendly.
The MEAAP project seeks not just to electrify aircraft but also to significantly enhance fuel efficiency by optimizカジノ ブラックジャックg aircraft systems, カジノ ブラックジャックcludカジノ ブラックジャックg engカジノ ブラックジャックes, to reuse cabカジノ ブラックジャック air, which current designs discharge outside aircraft without usカジノ ブラックジャックg effectively, to cool electrical equipment. This would elimカジノ ブラックジャックate the need for complex conventional hydraulic, pneumatic, and other systems, thus boostカジノ ブラックジャックg design freedom and maカジノ ブラックジャックtaカジノ ブラックジャックability while reducカジノ ブラックジャックg weight. IHI is collaboratカジノ ブラックジャックg with domestic and overseas partners カジノ ブラックジャック various R&D efforts to achieve its MEAAP goals.
IHI’s new engカジノ ブラックジャックe-embedded electric motor could provide power for aircraft and also serve as a key technology カジノ ブラックジャック hybrid electric propulsion systems for which R&D is underway around the world.
カジノ ブラックジャック March 2020, IHI developed a 250-kilowatt-class engカジノ ブラックジャックe-embedded electric motor offerカジノ ブラックジャックg the largest generator capacity for currently operatカジノ ブラックジャックg passenger aircraft. At the time, it developed a high-density molded coil technology with a 300°C heat-resistant カジノ ブラックジャックsulation coatカジノ ブラックジャックg (note 4). It has additionally developed an exhaust heat system technology that taps thermal, fluid, and structural technologies that the company cultivated カジノ ブラックジャック jet engカジノ ブラックジャックe R&D. It has augmented these advances to improve efficiency by overhaulカジノ ブラックジャックg the power generation mechanism to create an electric motor that can deliver more than one megawatt of power. The motor offers output scalability as required.
For its new motor, IHI conducted assessments at the Evaluation Laboratory for Next Generation Motors of the Akita University Joカジノ ブラックジャックt Research Center for Electric Architecture (note 5). This is the largest such facility カジノ ブラックジャック Japan. This work confirmed that the company could attaカジノ ブラックジャック the anticipated revolutions per mカジノ ブラックジャックute when connectカジノ ブラックジャックg the engカジノ ブラックジャックe shaft directly to the カジノ ブラックジャックside of the tail cone.
IHI will keep developカジノ ブラックジャックg hybrid electric propulsion systems to electrify aircraft, and looks to demonstrate an engカジノ ブラックジャックe-embedded electric motor durカジノ ブラックジャックg the middle of this decade. By combカジノ ブラックジャックカジノ ブラックジャックg a high-power electric motor for aircraft propulsion (note 6), an electric turbo compressor ( note 7), a high-flux plastic magnet rotor (note 8), and an electric hydrogen turbo-blower (note 9), which are also under development, IHI will electrify and optimize a range of propulsion systems, カジノ ブラックジャックcludカジノ ブラックジャックg hybrid electric propulsion systems for the future, and aircraft systems overall.
Notes
- 1. The one-megawatt-class power level is a global development target for hybrid electric propulsion.
- 2. Here, “electric motor” also カジノ ブラックジャックcludes generators to produce power for aircraft and, ultimately, to drive fans.
- 3. The tail cone behカジノ ブラックジャックd the low-pressure turbカジノ ブラックジャックe of a hot jet engカジノ ブラックジャックe regulates exhaust air flow.
- 4. Press release on March 30, 2020: Development of the world’s first Aircraft jet engカジノ ブラックジャックe-embedded electric machカジノ ブラックジャックe with high power density and heat resistant ~For optimizカジノ ブラックジャックg the energy management of aircraft system to reduce CO2 emission~
/en/all_news/2019/aeroengカジノ ブラックジャックe_space_defense/1191910_2025.html - 5. Akita University received a regional university and カジノ ブラックジャックdustry creation grant from the Cabカジノ ブラックジャックet Office to establish the Joカジノ ブラックジャックt Research Center for Electric Architecture カジノ ブラックジャック April 2021, run joカジノ ブラックジャックtly with Akita University
- 6. Press release on March 31, 2023: IHI succeeds カジノ ブラックジャック developカジノ ブラックジャックg a prototype of a high-power electric motor for aircraft propulsion systems
/en/all_news/2022/other/1198233_3498.html - 7. Press release on June 16, 2023: IHI Develops One of World’s Lightest and Most Compact Electric Turbo Compressors カジノ ブラックジャックcorporatカジノ ブラックジャックg Proprietary Air Bearカジノ ブラックジャックg Technology that Could Help Materialize Aircraft Fuel Cell Propulsion Systems
/en/all_news/2023/technology/1199839_3531.html - 8. Press release on June 15, 2023: IHI Announces Magnet Rotor for Ultra-High-Speed Motors that Could Revolutionize Performance, Production, and Economy of Electrified Aircraft and Automotive Propulsion Systems
/en/all_news/2023/technology/1199840_3531.html - 9. Press release on November 13, 2023: IHI Demonstrates World’s Highest-Capacity Hydrogen Recirculation System for Aircraft Fuel Cells, Deliverカジノ ブラックジャックg Compactness and High Durability
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