DIGITAL half-day seminar 7th October: Sustainable Aviation?
This half-day seminar will be fully digital at the 7th of October! This is the third in a series of transport related half day seminars considers the topic of a more sustainable future for aviation
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Because of the current covid-19 situation, the seminar will be held as a webinar in Zoom on Wednesday, 7th October 2020, 12:30 – 4:00 p.m.
In the context of ever-increasing passenger numbers, and the sizable air freight market, long term projections show the demand for air transport will continue to grow. There are huge pressures to decarbonise this market, and the sector is committed to a 50% reduction in emissions by 2050, with further pressures to be more ambitious, and aim towards 'net-zero' in this time frame. Aircraft are highly weight critical, and current battery storage technologies incur huge weight penalties, which would render all but the smallest craft covering short routes unviable. However, hybrid-electric solutions may offer next-step solutions with the added benefit of providing novel design possibilities using e-fan technologies.
- What realistic climate goals can be realised by the aviation sector?
- Can this hard-to-abate sector rise to the challenge?
- Can technology mature quickly enough to meet the climate-change timescales in a very safety conservative industry?
If these questions are of interest, then this year’s transport seminar titled ‘Sustainable aviation?’ may give you some answers.
The programme is as follows
12:30 | Opening and welcome |
12:45 | Emission free hydrogen electric propulsion for aircraft applications |
1:15 | Break |
1:20 | Environmental and Economic Aspects of Aviation Biofuels |
2:00 | Electrification of aviation: accelerating the transition |
2:30 | Break |
2:35 | Electrifying aviation: demonstrator programmes and ambitions for the future |
3:05 | Battery technology for electric aviation |
3:35 | Open discussion with the invited speakers |
4:00 | End of seminar |
Feel free to make your contacts and colleagues, who might be interested in this topic, aware of this seminar.
We hope to welcome you as an attendee on 7th October 2020!
The seminar is a collaboration between Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering (HVL) and Bergen Energy Lab (UiB)
Webinar link
The passcode is transport
https://hvl.zoom.us/j/66254804377?pwd=SzdBZGZyU3FOYXFXMUdMMjFMd2xHZz09
Organized by
Richard J. Grant and Norbert Lümmen
in association with Bergen Energy Lab
Norbert Lümmen, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering
Richard John Grant, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering
