ERICKA - Engine representative internal cooling knowledge and applications
Overview
Background & policy context:
Global air traffic is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of around 5% in the next 20 years. This high level of growth makes the need to address the environmental penalties of air traffic all the more urgent.
To reduce CO2 and NOX emissions new turbine cooling systems will be developed under the EU collaborative project ERICKA. The ERICKA project will aim at dramatically advancing greener Air Transport products that will:
- reduce fuel consumption, CO2 and NOx emissions
- encourage the rest of the aviation world to develop greener produce and reduce their ecological footprints
- develop skills and knowledge throughout Europe.
Objectives:
The objective of the ERICKA project is to directly contribute to the reduction in aircraft engine fuel consumption.
Developing new greener designs is essential to protect our environment. Thanks to an accelerated research process, ERICKA will contribute to a rapid progress in the introduction of green technologies into aviation. ERICKA will validate technology breakthroughs that are necessary to make major steps towards the environmental goals set by ACARE (Advisory Concil for Aeronautics Research in Europe) to be reached in 2020:
- 50% reduction of CO2 emissions through drastic reduction of fuel consumption;
- 80% reduction of NOx (nitrogen oxide) emission.
Methodology:
The project, coordinated by Rolls-Royce, involves the main European aeronautic industrial organisations (Rolls-Royce, AVIO, MTU, Snecma) and other research institutes and universities from around Europe.
The members of ERICKA represent 18 organisations from 8 countries, among which: 7 industries,4 SME's, 3 Research Centres and 4 Universities.
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