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Air travel is a very costly endeavor when it comes to our global carbon footprint, so electrification is a big goal. One team at MIT might be getting us closer. ....
Megawatt electrical motor designed by engineers could help electrify aviation: Technology demonstrations show the machine's major components achieve the required performance sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Engineers Electrify Aviation Dreams: Prepare for Shockingly Powerful 1-Megawatt Motors scienceblog.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scienceblog.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A team of MIT engineers is developing a 1MW motor that could be a key stepping stone toward electrifying larger aircraft. The team has designed and tested the major components of the motor, and shown through detailed computations that the coupled components can work as a whole to generate one. ....
Aviation's huge carbon footprint could shrink significantly with electrification. To date, however, only small all-electric planes have gotten off the ground. Their electric motors generate hundreds of kilowatts of power. To electrify larger, heavier jets, such as commercial airliners, megawatt-scale motors are required. ....