Existing problems and the future of electric aircraft

Authors

  • Xiao Peng
  • Haoming Xu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/hset.v32i.4951

Keywords:

air traffic, electric aircraft, All-electric jet engine, electrical propulsion system.

Abstract

At present, the air traffic becomes more and more important to people’s daily life and the aviation industry has exposed to many problems to be solved. Now, the air bus have become one of the most significant way of transportation and its high fossil fuel costs and low efficient overwhelmed people. Electric planes are seen as one of the solutions because many advantages they have although there still exist lots of difficulties. This article explores the advantages of electric aircraft: the reason why it is fabricated and the problems along with the process and what the future is be like. This paper represents many factors of the all-electric plane’s edges like the efficiency and the environmental friendliness. The study sums up a comprehensible conclusion about this transport. As for the difficulties, the essay also describes the electric propulsion system of an all-electric jet and analyses the reasons why it has not yet been successfully commercialized including the specific energy of the battery, capacity, temperature and other problems. People will focus on them in the future and this report will provide some information. This article shows that while there are still too many difficulties for scientists to make a practical one, people have made some breakthrough through past few years, and people will soon fabricate the real one.

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Published

12-02-2023

How to Cite

Peng, X., & Xu, H. (2023). Existing problems and the future of electric aircraft. Highlights in Science, Engineering and Technology, 32, 98-107. https://doi.org/10.54097/hset.v32i.4951