The Greenliner Environmentally Friendly Aircraft Tom Berger AA241B 3/14/06
Why Environmentally Friendly? Increasing Demand for Aviation Growing Impact on Environment Regulations: ACARE Report “European Aeronautics – a Vision for 2020” –Reduce fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by 50% –To reduce NO X emissions by 80% –Reduce perceived external noise by 50 per cent. Current Aircraft in Production –Boeing 787, Airbus A350
Baseline - Design
Baseline - Requirements BaselineRequirements Range5411 nmi6000 nmi Climb TO Field5520 ft7500 ft Landing Field3271 ft5000 ft D/T0.688<0.88
Baseline – Summary Chart
Modifications MTOW: – lbs Sref: –4000 ft 2 Thrust per engine –66138 lbs Wing AR –9.5 11 S h /S ref –0.175
Final Design
Final Design - Requirements Final DesignRequirements Range6000 nmi Climb0.024 TO Field7000 ft7500 ft Landing Field4000 ft5000 ft D/T0.602<0.88
Final Design - Specifications MTOW (lbs) 379,239Wing X/L0.28 Sref (ft 2 )2987.8Wing AR11 Thrust (lb)118,408 Cruise Mach 0.78 Init Alt (ft)32,000Est Fare$ Final Alt (ft) 39,000Price$68.5
Final Design - Summary
Emissions 767* Greenliner ChangeDesired CO 2 (kg/pax- km)** %-50% *** H 2 O (kg/pax-km)** % NO x (g/pax-km)** %-80% *** NO X Exceed (kg) (-28%) Noise (dB) * Source: SAS Emission Calculator ** 65% Average Cabin Factor *** ACARE
Future Work Short Term –Cruise Altitude –Drag Long Term –Engine Design –Aircraft Design