Project description DEENESFRITPL New tests on aircraft with distributed electric propulsion Aircraft with distributed electric propulsion (DEP) could drastically reduce fuel consumption and harmful carbon emissions. The EU-funded VENUS project will contribute important knowledge on the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics performance of a wide range of DEP configurations through numerical simulations and experimental wind tunnel tests. The project's outcomes should enhance the future design of such new regional aircraft. All produced models, data and documents will be freely available to research institutions. More aerodynamic and quieter planes mean less fuel, which translates not only to cost benefits and competitiveness but also to a lower impact on the environment. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP), is one of the propulsion configurations that, taking advantage from the Distributed Propulsion concept, is believed to exploit the benefits of electrical engines to drastically reduce fuel consumption and emissions. In the framework of the topic JTI-CS2-2018-CFP10-THT-08, the proposal VENUS will have the objective to understand the physics behind the aeroacoustics of DEP through a deep theoretical, experimental and numerical study. Appropriate numerical procedures for DEP noise assessment will be set-up and experimental data-set obtained in dedicated wind tunnel tests, will be used both as experimental DEP noise validation reference and for providing support to the identification of the main parameters affecting DEP noise. Technologies for DEP noise reduction will be studied as well and tested experimentally. From the technical standpoint, the VENUS consortium will support the model design, manufacturing and integration by realizing a representative test article for WT parametric aeroacoustic tests, able to allow for configuration changes, in terms of engine-wing and engine-engine installation configurations, and to test the selected noise mitigation technologies. The consortium will develop methods and tools enabling a concurrent aerodynamic and aeroacoustic design of DEP configuration aircraft. The final step will consist in the experimental-numerical assessment of the numerical models. As a practical achievement, the study will support the design of a new regional aircraft configuration, in terms of wing and engines’ installation, to target a DEP which is optimized in terms of aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance. It is pointed out that all the produced models, data and documents will be open access for other institutions, with the objective to establish an “open test-case” for the whole European scientific community, unique in the aircraft design landscape. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Keywords Distributed Electric Propulsion Aeroacoustic and Aerodynamic optimization Wind Tunnel Tests low noise technologies Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.3.4.5.10. - Thematic Topics Topic(s) JTI-CS2-2019-CFP10-THT-08 - Experimental and numerical noise assessment of distributed propulsion configurations Call for proposal H2020-CS2-CFP10-2019-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE Net EU contribution € 750 500,00 Address Via ostiense 133 00154 Roma Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all NHOE S.R.L. Italy Net EU contribution € 375 000,00 Address Via sangro 5 00040 Pomezia See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 IBK-INNOVATION GMBH & CO. KG Germany Net EU contribution € 356 250,00 Address Butendeichsweg 2 21129 Hamburg See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. 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CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA Italy Net EU contribution € 378 500,00 Address Via maiorise 81043 Capua See on map Region Sud Campania Caserta Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ELIGIO RE FRASCHINI SPA Italy Net EU contribution € 422 625,00 Address Via xx settembre 85 20025 Legnano milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
