2025
9 January 2025: AIAA SciTech 2025 in Orlando, USA
Dr. Stefanie de Graaf from the DLR Institute for Electrified Aero Engines - the coordinator of FlyECO - presented the project at the AIAA SciTech 2025 in Orlando, USA.
28 - 30 January 2025: TSAS 2025 in Toulouse, France
Dr. Diana San Benito from SAFRAN presented the project paper "Hydrogen-Powered Integrated Power and Propulsion System (IPPS) Architecture for Sustainable Aviation: Leveraging Synergies Between Gas Turbine and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" at the TSAS 2025 in Toulouse, France
12 March 2025: ModVal 2025 in Karlsruhe, Germany
Daniel Ewald from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology presented on the topic "Utilization of a validated 0D Approach for 1D SOFC Performance Modeling" at the ModVal 2025 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
19 March 2025: 44th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
Uto Perra and Faezeh Pak from Eindhoven University of Technology presented on the topics "Convex Optimization Models for Hybrid Hydrogen-based Aero Engines" and "An Optimal Power Management for Hydrogen-based Aero Engines" at the 44th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
16 - 18 June 2025: 11th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control in Eindhoven, Netherlands
Uto Perra and Faezeh Pak from Eindhoven University of Technology presented at the 11th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
16-20 June 2025: ASME Turbo Expo 2025 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Dario Buzzola, PhD student at the University of Genoa (Italy), presented our joint research paper "Methodology for Exploring SOFC system layouts in a highly integrated hybrid propulsion system" at the ASME Turbo Expo 2025, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
July 2025: International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Ewald from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is going to present at the 19th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Stockholm, Sweden.
2024
25 - 26 January 2024: FlyECO Kick-off Meeting in Cottbus, Germany
The successful launch of our EU project FlyECO took place on January 25 and 26, 2024. In Cottbus, the DLR Institute of Electrified Aero Engines welcomed representatives from te participating institutions and companies to the Kick-off event.
6 June 2024: ClimAvTech cluster session at ILA Berlin 2024
At the ClimAvTech cluster session at the ILA Berlin - Pioneering Aerospace, our project coordinator Dr. Stefanie de Graaf presented our project and also led a discussion on the challenges of hydrogen combustion, storage and distribution.
The Climate Friendly Aviation Technology (ClimAvTech) cluster brings together ten research and innovation projects funded by the European Union via CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency to advance sustainable aviation.
22 June 2024: Cranfield University News Article
Cranfield University announces their participation in the FlyECO project on their website: Cranfield joins international team in sustainable aviation project
2 - 5 July 2024: European Fuel Cell Forum (EFCF 2024) in Lucerne, Switzerland
The 16th EUROPEAN SOFC & SOE FORUM 2024 will address issues of science, engineering, materials, systems, applications and markets for all types of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Electrolysis technologies, as well as for any electrochemical reactors based on Solid Oxide Membranes.
Our collegue Luca Eichhorn from DLR Institute of Electrified Aero Engines presented his paper on the topic "Review and Evaluation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine Hybrid System Design Choices for Aviation".
8 - 9 July 2024: Vienna Aviation Days 2024 in Vienna, Austria
The Vienna Aviation Days are organized through the Horizon Europe project exFan. The aim of this congress is to establish a platform to enable an exchange of green aviation topics for aviation research projects and build a connection between the different projects, programmes and policy makers. The topics of the projects contribute to future Hydrogen/Hybrid electric aircraft propulsion systems.
At the event, project coordinator Dr. Stefanie de Graaf presented FlyECO and our activities towards hydrogen propulsion. The audience could gain an insight into the tasks and challenges of the individual projects. This served as a basis for discussion and subsequent one-to-one meetings and pave the way for possible cross-project collaboration or to create ideas and cooperation for new projects.
11 - 12 July 2024: General Assembly Meeting in Genua, Italy
22 - 26 July 2024: Farnborough International Airshow
Cranfield University presented FlyECO on their digital bookcase at the stand No. 1027 at Farnborough International Airshow 2024 in Farnborough, UK.
9 October 2024: EASN Conference 2024 in Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Stefanie de Graaf from the DLR Institute for Electrified Aero Engines - the coordinator of FlyECO - presented the project at the 14th EASN International Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece.
There was also a joined presentation and panel discussion session on the topic "Novel Solid Oxide FC-based Propulsion Systems in Aviation" together with Cagatay Dagli from the project Hylena.
Furthermore, Dr. Evangelia Pontika presented the contributions of Cranfield University on the FlyECO project in her presentation on "Considerations and Implications of the Mechanical and Thermodynamic Integration of a Hydrogen Gas Turbine with Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for a Novel Integrated Power and Propulsion System".
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