Transcript Aileen Barton - Market driven, Technology enabled

Aviation and the environment
Market driven,
Technology enabled
Aviation’s environmental success
% of Base (Comet 4)
Fuel Efficiency
100
Comet 4
Baseline
Engine
80
-40%
60
Aircraft
-70%
40
20
1950
1960
1970
1980
Year of Model Introduction
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1990
2000
United Nation Environmental Program
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/aviation/133.htm
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The next century …
cleaner, quieter, efficient, affordable
Fuel Burn
20%
Emissions (NOx)
85%
Noise
50%
Cost of Ownership
30%
Reliability
50%
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Fuel burn technologies
Weight reduction & aerodynamic improvement
Novel
Titanium
Alloys
Highly loaded
compressor- adaptive
cycle engines
2015+
Next-gen
composite fan;
Open rotors
Ceramic-matrix
composite blade
2012
Computer optimized
Low pressure turbine designs
Composite
Fan case
Ceramic matrix
composites have
1/3 the density of
nickel-based alloys
2008
Highly loaded
Single-stage turbine
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Emissions technologies
Lean combustion
Next generation
TAPS technologies
2015+
Traditional Combustor
2008
Lean burning TAPS
Combustor
2006
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Acoustics technologies
Quieter engines
Counterrotating fan
2015+
2012
Splice-less inlet
Chevron
Nozzles
Quiet Technology
Demonstrator 2 (QTD2)
2008
Fluidic / variable
geometry chevrons
Turbomachinery
source noise
reduction
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Cost of ownership technologies
Improved durability and robustness
Improved sensor
technology
Super-hydrophobic
coatings
Intelligent Engine
2015+
2012
Surface treatments
for improved life
2008
Powder Metal
Durability
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Technology leadership
Our heritage …
right technology at the right time
Pipeline for future products …
maturing tomorrow’s
technologies today
Bringing technology benefits …
future innovation
Developing technology for 2013
and beyond
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