Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research Phase II: N+4 Advanced Concept Development

This final report documents the work of the Boeing Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) team on Task 1 of the Phase II effort. The team consisted of Boeing Research and Technology, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, General Electric, and Georgia Tech. Using a quantitative workshop process, the f...

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Published inNASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). Reports
Main Authors Bradley, Marty K, Droney, Christopher K
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Hampton NASA/Langley Research Center 01.05.2012
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Aircraft industry
Batteries
Boeing aircraft
Boundary layers
Commercial aircraft
Fuel cells
Hydrogen storage
Ingestion
Liquefied natural gas
Natural gas
Nuclear fuels
Propellers
Subsonic aircraft
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Summary:This final report documents the work of the Boeing Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) team on Task 1 of the Phase II effort. The team consisted of Boeing Research and Technology, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, General Electric, and Georgia Tech. Using a quantitative workshop process, the following technologies, appropriate to aircraft operational in the N+4 2040 timeframe, were identified: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Hydrogen, fuel cell hybrids, battery electric hybrids, Low Energy Nuclear (LENR), boundary layer ingestion propulsion (BLI), unducted fans and advanced propellers, and combinations. Technology development plans were developed.