Project description
Regional aircraft for a greener future
The aviation industry faces significant pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as climate change accelerates. Regional aircraft contribute a substantial share of these emissions, necessitating urgent action. Transitioning to hybrid-electric technology offers a promising solution, but significant design challenges remain. Innovations in fuselage and empennage structures are essential to make this transition viable. In this context, the EU-funded HERFUSE project will develop advanced designs for the fuselage and empennages of Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft (HER). It focuses on materials, manufacturing, and system integration to enhance performance while reducing emissions. By collaborating with the HERA project, HERFUSE aims to create effective solutions that support the aviation sector’s shift toward more sustainable operations.
Objective
The aim of HERFUSE proposal is to design innovative fuselage and empennages suitable for the future Hybrid-Electric Regional aircraft (HER) that will contribute to the overall target to reduce Green House Gases (GHG) emissions. HERFUSE will study the challenges on fuselage and empennages layout, material, components, manufacturing and assembly derived by integration of the relevant fuselage systems for HER as defined in the SRIA for a Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft and in HER-01 topic. HERFUSE integrates features and components necessary to regional hybrid-electric propulsion and complementary systems as well as improves weight, durability, aerodynamic efficiency and operational issues. The technologies and solutions matured in this project shall be aligned and feed with models, analyses and actual test data HERA project on regional aircraft (HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-TRA-01). HERFUSE technologies, manufacturing and assembly of critical components will make feasible achieving the targeted performance gains of HER enablers such as low GHG energy sources (batteries and fuel cells), their storage (probable liquid in hydrogen case), their distribution and management, operational and safety features, thermal management provisions, electrical and thermal insulation. Technical solutions set by the HERFUSE will contribute then to the overall target and studies performed at aircraft level in HERA to reduce emissions. Namely, HERFUSE integration requirements will be concurrent and complementary to the aircraft-level ones set into HERA.
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00195 Roma
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02006 Albacete Castilla La Mancha
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28906 Getafe (Madrid)
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82024 Taufkirchen
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3440 Budingen
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265 04 Rio Patras
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80038 POMIGLIANO D' ARCO NA
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80143 Napoli
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
4470-017 Matosinhos
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1930 Zaventem
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80144 Napoli
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81043 Capua
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50720 Zaragoza
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01510 Minano (Alava)
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41039 La Rinconada Sevilla
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01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
2740 120 Porto Salvo
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02-256 WARSZAWA
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20870 Elgoibar
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36410 Porrino
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51147 Koln
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01510 Vitoria-Gasteiz
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01510 Vitoria Gasteiz
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28850 Torrejon De Ardoz Madrid
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28040 Madrid
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17300 Rochefort
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01010 VITORIA-GASTEIZ
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28906 Getafe
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28906 Getafe (Madrid)
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
2000 Neuchatel
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