09 - Air Transport System Efficiency
INTEGRATING ECO-EFFICIENT FLIGHT PLANNING IN AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: MINIMAL NOX ROUTES FOR HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT USING HYDROGEN
F. Borgna¹, V. Borio¹, R. Fusaro¹, N. Viola¹, G. Saccone, Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA), Italy; ¹Politecnico di Torino, Italy
This paper reviews strategies for assessing the environmental impact of NOx emissions based on the spatial location of the emission points and investigates route optimization in eco-friendly flight planning. A specialized algorithm is proposed for high-speed hydrogen-fueled aircraft, resulting in the formulation of a route characterized by minimal environmental impact in terms of NOx emissions.