Helitech to discuss developing rotary wing technologies for cleaner skies

Helitech to discuss developing rotary wing technologies for cleaner skies

13-Sep-2010 Source: Helitech

Aviation has become an essential element in today’s global society and our reliance on it is set to increase as economies grow and businesses expand beyond their national borders; however its expansion will inevitably lead to an increase in noise and air pollution and the industry is conscious that this needs to be tackled. At Helitech Portugal’s conference, Sebastien Dubois, Project Officer at the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, will be addressing the issue of how technological developments and design can reduce the negative impact that aircraft, with a particular focus on helicopters, have on our environment.

The Clean Sky programme is working to develop groundbreaking technologies that will reduce the environmental impact of all aircraft with the aim of bringing these technologies to market at an accelerated pace. As a Joint Technology Initiative, set up by the European Commission for funding research on ambitious and complex activities, these technologies have the opportunity to be developed and tested at a much faster pace than is normally possible, thanks to a mixture of public and private investment both in terms of human resources and financial support.

Mr Dubois’s session will cover how the Clean Sky programme will directly affect the rotary wing industry by detailing The Green Rotorcraft Integrated Technology Demonstrator (ITD). One of six key demonstrators that has been created to test and validate the technologies being developed via the Clean Sky programme, the Green Rotorcraft Demonstrator aims to minimise the impact of the foreseen increase in rotorcraft traffic through more efficient use of energy, materials and the reduction of emissions and other pollutants.

Taking 2000 as the baseline year, the Green Rotorcraft ITD hopes to reduce CO2 emissions by between 26-40% and nitrogen oxide by 53-65% per flight by 2020. Halving helicopter’s noise impact by reducing the footprint area of potential noise pollution by 50% is also on the cards.

This is in line with the goals set out by ACARE (the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe) – the European technology platform for aeronautics and air transport. Across general aviation these goals include reducing CO2 emissions by 50% through drastic reduction of fuel consumption; nitrogen oxide emissions by 80% and external noise by 50% – all by 2020.

“The public is very demanding regarding environmental impacts of the air transport industry, especially when aircraft numbers are likely to double by 2020. Clean Sky aims at defining solutions combining both European citizens’ expectations and the competiveness of the aerospace industry in Europe,” says Sebastien Dubois. “Project Clean Sky gives us the freedom to encourage and pull through technologies that may have taken years to be developed.”

Sebastien Dubois will present a session on Project Clean Sky – a Joint Technology Initiative on Wednesday 6th October from 10.00 am to 10.30am.

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