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There's Electricity in the air. Halving the consumption of fuel in the air industry by 2030 will include the use of electricity. The MEA ( More Electric Aircraft ) conference, which was recently held in Bordeaux in the south-west of France, worked on the electrification of certain functions. View the film for more details... The replacement the existing hydraulic and pneumatic systems used, by fully electric aeronautical systems, was the problem heavily under discussion at the MEA ( More Electric Aircraft ) conference 2012. An issue that combines economic and environmental interests. Jean-Paul Herteman; President AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe. President and CEO of SAFRAN. "Over the past 40 years, global air traffic has grown twice as fast as the world's wealth, and this was made possible because at the same time, technological advances have divided by four the fuel consumption per kilometre travelled, and per passenger. In order that this air mobility dynamic continues, and well, quite simply, in the next two decades, we will have to halve this fossil fuel consumption again; both for economic reasons ( transport costs with the price of oil is expected to remained high ), and also for reasons of ecological footprinting and greenhouse gas emissions.'' An ambitious goal that the electrification of functions other than propulsion, such as brakes, thrust reversers, air-conditioning, defrosting or taxiing makes possible. Faced with this major issue, after the first French conference in 2009, the MEA opened up this year to Europe and even the United States. In total, no fewer than 230 participants took part in debates for two days this week in Bordeaux. An unexpected success for the organizers. Roland Fabre; Organizer MEA 2012; Aeronautics & Astronautics Association of France (3AF) "This issue of a more electric aircraft has taken a dimension that was not foreseen at the beginning. I think people are thinking more and more about what will happen, and how it should be done to achieve these goals. The C.E.O. of Safran said rightly, that if we wanted it to work, it was necessary that everyone work together as a team, that is the reason for this success, it's that, this new awareness." Some new models like the Airbus A380 or Boeing 787 already have certain electrically operated functions. On the research side, the United States and Europe are more advanced thanks to joint investments between industrialists and states.
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There's electricity in the air

22/11/2012

DESCRIPTION : Halving the consumption of fuel in the air industry by 2030 will include the use of electrical systems on aircraft. View the film for more details...

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