Civil Municipal - June 2024

GE AEROSPACE DEVELOPING HYBRID- ELECTRIC ENGINE WITH NA Source- https://www.wearefinn.com , Editor News, First Published June 19th, 2024 GE Aerospace is developing a hybrid-electric demonstrator engine with NASA, modifying a Passport powerplant to embed electric motors/ generators and supplement power during different phases of operation, with ongoing evaluations informing an upcoming ground test. Through modifying the high-bypass commercial turbofan with hybrid-electric components, NASA’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project hopes to advance electric aircraft engine technology; optimizing performance by “creating a system that can work with or without energy storage like batteries,” explains GE. This could help accelerate the introduction of hybrid electric technologies for commercial aviation before energy storage solutions are fully mature. The modification of the Passport engine is one of several GE initiatives underway and is being developed as part of the CFM International Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) programme, a collaboration between GE O p e n i n g L i n e s 7 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 06