Descrizione del progetto
Sulla buona strada per velivoli a decollo e atterraggio verticale grazie alle turbine elettriche
Per i velivoli a decollo e atterraggio verticale (VTOL, vertical take-off and landing), l’unico limite nel futuro è il cielo. I progressi attualmente compiuti al di là del loro impiego decennale come applicazioni militari e per scopi speciali sono notevoli e sbalorditivi. In tale contesto, il progetto Apollo, finanziato dall’UE, immetterà sul mercato una tecnologia per turbine elettriche in grado di fornire una spinta statica per i VTOL e una dinamica per i voli lineari. Si tratta della prima soluzione in grado di sostenere l’industrializzazione della tecnologia VTOL. Inoltre, queste turbine elettriche sono fino a quattro volte più efficienti rispetto alle altre ventole canalizzate elettriche. L’innovazione consente la progettazione di nuovi droni VTOL molto più sicuri, destinati a operare in aree urbane congestionate e a sorvolare siti industriali pericolosi.
Obiettivo
For decades, vertical take-off and landing aircrafts (VTOL) have seen their use limited to special-purpose & military applications. By 2017, companies like Lilium Aviation and others started showcasing prototypes of electric “flying cars”. The key problem with these prototypes is that they require an efficient & reliable electric propulsion technology to be able to lift off their payload of 1-2 people. This propulsion technology must also support transition from VTOL to linear flight, otherwise its energy consumption will not allow any useful applications.
European Sustainable Propulsion brings to the market the first solution able to support the industrialization of VTOL development—an electric turbine technology with both static thrust for VTOL & dynamic thrust for linear flight.
Apollo electric turbines are 2-4x more efficient than other electric ducted fans, support tilt-free transition from VTOL to linear flight, are compact and are designed to enable scalable distributed electric propulsion. Our unique innovation enables design of novel, much safer VTOL drones for operation in congested urban areas & on dangerous industrial sites, allowing us to commercialize it to both to the current nascent market of passenger VTOL manufacturers, as well as to the upcoming heavy-duty VTOL market.
Our analysis shows the target markets for commercialization of Apollo of €13.75bn+ for passenger VTOLs and €690bn+ for heavy-duty drones in verticals such as oil & gas, construction, security & others.
In 2017 we were featured in Wired as a refreshingly realistic technology among other VTOL & drone-enabling technologies. Athena, the 1st generation of Apollo family turbines, are now under testing in FR, US & CA. Japanese Fire & Disaster Management Agency has just signed the purchase order for it.
By selling Apollo electric turbines to other VTOL drone manufacturers (short-term) & by building or own heavy-duty drones (long-term) we aim at €30m by 2022.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftrotorcraft
- social sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management
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