GE Aerospace
ARPA-E 2024
Welcome aboard our flight path toward a future of flight with fewer emissions. GE Aerospace is a leading jet engine manufacturer. Along with our partners, we power 3 out of every 4 commercial flights worldwide.
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ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
Dallas, TX May 22-24
In 2023, ~3 billion people flew on planes with GE Aerospace’s technology under wing. Today, GE Aerospace is already at work developing the breakthrough technologies for a more sustainable future of flight with reduced emissions. ARPA-E has been a critical partner in our efforts to date and will be an even more important partner going forward.
During the Conference, we invite you to visit our main GE Aerospace booth (#1306) and our four program booths located around the Technology Showcase highlighting key projects with ARPA-E to reduce carbon emissions in air travel. During this multi-stop tour, you see and learn about the programs below.
During the Conference, we invite you to visit our main GE Aerospace booth (#1306) and our four program booths located around the Technology Showcase highlighting key projects with ARPA-E to reduce carbon emissions in air travel. During this multi-stop tour, you see and learn about the programs below.
- #1132 - FLYCLEEN
- #1219 - eFLITES
- #1131 - MAAGIC
- #1137 - EPIC-TRAILS
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Booth #1132 - FLYCLEEN
One of the fundamental keys to hybrid electric flight is building a power generation system. GE Aerospace researchers are now in Phase 2 of their REEACH program project with ARPA-E to build and demonstrate a 25kW power generation subsystem integrating 5-kWe solid oxide fuel cell stacks with a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)-powered gas turbine for hybrid electric propulsion. The use of fuel cells could vastly improve the efficiency of converting the chemical energy from SAF into electric power.
- PI: John Hong, Senior Engineer, Combustion, GE Aerospace Research
- ARPA-E REEACH Program
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Booth #1219 - eFLITES
GE Aerospace's efforts to demonstrate a hybrid electric powertrain system for commercial aircraft is gaining altitude through its ongoing work ARPA-E’s ASCEND program to support GE Aerospace's Electric Flightworthy Lightweight Integrated Thermally Enhanced Powertrain System (eFLITES) project. Now in Phase 2 of their program, GE Aerospace researchers are preparing to demonstrate the next version of a 350kW powertrain system, which represents the next key project milestone toward a full-scale 2MW powertrain system.
- PI: John Yagielski, Senior Principal Engineer, Electric Machines, GE Aerospace Research
- ARPA-E ASCEND Program
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Booth #1131 - MAAGIC
One of the principal challenges to enable commercial scale passenger hybrid electric flight is developing insulation technologies that can effectively manage higher voltage levels of electricity required to support both the propulsion and electrical systems onboard the aircraft. GE Aerospace researchers are working their MAAGIC (Megawatt Any-Altitude Gas Insulated Cable) with ARPA-E to develop more efficient, lightweight electrical cables that deliver the optimal insulation solutions.
- PI: Han Xiong, Senior Engineer, Electric Machines, GE Aerospace Research
- ARPA-E REEACH Program
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Booth #1137 - EPIC-TRAILS
GE Aerospace researchers are working in “the cloud” to understand the impact of aircraft-formed induced clouds called contrails in the sky. In collaboration with Southwest Airlines, the team is working on a $2.2 million project through a new program from ARPA-E’s called Predictive Real-time Emissions Technologies Reducing Aircraft Induced Lines in the Sky (PRE-TRAILS). The team will be developing in-flight digital tools to gain a deeper insight and understanding on the impact of contrails to help enable a more sustainable future of flight.
- PI: Saikat Ray Majumder, Senior Scientist, Statistical Signal Processing, GE Aerospace Research
- ARPA-E ET-PRETRAILS Program