28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-6.7.2


MORE/ALL ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BASED ON FUEL CELL ENERGY SYSTEM: THE ENFICA-FC EXPERIENCE

G. Romeo, E. Cestino, F. Borello
Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Keywords: electric propulsion, airplane design,zero emission vehicle, fuel cells, flight tests

Environmental sustainability should gain a significant role as one of the main drivers in the design of new generation of transport civil aircrafts.In this framework, the European Commission has selected ENFICA-FC, as one of the co-founded projects in the Aeronautics and Space 6th Framework Programme.


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