Designing Thermal Management Systems for More Electric Aircraft

July 25, 2024

With the aviation industry trending toward more electric aircraft (MEA) and exploring concepts for hybrid-electric propulsion systems, future aircraft can be expected to deal with an increased share of onboard electrical components such as generators, batteries, and invertors/convertors.

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Hydrogen Combustion vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell: Weighing the Options 

April 17, 2024

Aviation is vital to how the modern world works. As such, it’s no surprise that aviation’s carbon footprint has grown faster in recent decades than rail, road, or shipping. For example, in 2019, domestic and international aviation accounted for around 8 percent of the UK’s CO2 equivalent emissions. According to Britain’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), […]

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Looking Ahead to Innovations in Aircraft Hydrogen Storage in 2024

January 29, 2024

Various challenges remain as the aviation industry attempts to accelerate progress toward a decarbonized future. Modelon’s aerospace industry director, Michael Sielemann, sees three essential design and engineering opportunities that can streamline progress for aircraft hydrogen storage in 2024: gravimetric efficiency, insulation choices, and fueling times. 

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Modeling Solutions to Hydrogen Energy Storage Challenges

January 15, 2024

Hydrogen energy plays a significant role in our decarbonized futures. For fuel cells and hydrogen combustion engines to be viable, we must safely store and transport large volumes of cryogenic hydrogen in a variety of different vehicles working under often unpredictable conditions. Modeling and simulation can help address these challenges quickly.

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When to use physical system simulation

When to use Physical System Simulation?

August 1, 2022

Engineers often explain the model-based engineering design process with a graphical representation called the “Design V.” In part 2 of our blog series, we offer a new perspective of the “Design V”, including how and when physical system simulation is essential to the development and lifecycle of a product.

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Hybrid Electric Propulsion Systems: Modeling the Backbone of Electric Aircraft

July 27, 2022

Part one of the Sustainable Aviation Blog Series. Developing technologies to enable more sustainable aviation for the aerospace industry is a crucial challenge that engineers are trying to overcome. This blog focuses on modeling and simulating fuel savings and increased flight range which is powered by hybrid electric propulsion systems. The simulations discussed in this […]

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