Critical Review of Advancements and Challenges of All-Electric Aviation

ABSTRACT The goal of this research is to study the potential benefits of electric aircraft on short-range operations by using measured operations and performance. This is achieved by studying: noise, environmental parameters, maintenance costs, reliability of batteries, fuel efficiency, safety, and pilot training. Each category of study shows the impacts of all-electric aviation and how they compare to conventional aviation operations. The study will identify and discuss the prototypes developed by Uber, Bell, Pipistrel, Boeing, and Airbus. This research presents data collected for each prototype to show the current status of the technology and presents the strengths and drawbacks of each prototype. In conclusion, the benefits of all-electric aircraft include noise reductions 17%, a reduction in greenhouse emissions of 80%, operating cost and pilot training cost reductions 70%. The main limitations of the further advancement of electric aircraft technology is the battery. Battery density of electric aircraft requires further research, testing, and development to make fully-electric aviation a success. As of now, batteries of electric aircraft can only provide enough power for short-range flights.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483138.005
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers 2020
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

  Transportation and Development Institute
  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Moua, Lilly
  • Roa, Julio
  • Xie, Yuanyuan
  • Maxwell, Dereck
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
  • Date: 2020-5-26 to 2020-5-29
• Publication Date: 2020-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: pp 48 - 59
• Monograph Title: International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020: Emerging Technologies and Their Impact

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Aircraft operations; Electric batteries; Electric power; Electric vehicles
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01751270
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784483138
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Sep 1 2020 3:57PM