Francesco Orefice
@libero.it
Scopus Publications
- Design of hybrid-electric aircraft with fault-tolerance considerations
Valerio MARCIELLO, Francesco OREFICE, Fabrizio NICOLOSI, Danilo CILIBERTI, Pierluigi DELLA VECCHIA
Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2023 - Conceptual Design of a Hydrogen-Propelled Aircraft with Distributed Electric Propulsion
Fabrizio Nicolosi, Valerio Marciello, Francesco Orefice
AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, 2022 - Powertrain Model Improvement for Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft
Francesco Orefice, Valerio Marciello, Vincenzo Cusati, Fabrizio Nicolosi
AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition AIAA Scitech Forum 2022, 2022 - TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF HYBRID AND ELECTRIC CONFIGURATIONS IN THE COMMUTER CLASS
33rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences Icas 2022, 2022 - A Design Chain for Distributed Electric Propulsion with Increased Fidelity Structural Strength Assessment and Mass Estimation
Alp Emre Öngüt, Vincenzo Cusati, Vittorio Memmolo, Fabrizio Nicolosi, Francesco Orefice, et al.
AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition AIAA Scitech Forum 2022, 2022 - Preliminary Design to Fulfil Future Market Demand of Electric Aircraft
Francesco Orefice, Pierluigi Della Vecchia, Danilo Ciliberti, Fabrizio Nicolosi
International Review of Aerospace Engineering, 2021 - Performance calculation for hybrid-electric aircraft integrating aero-propulsive interactions
Fancesco Orefice, Salvatore Corcione, Fabrizio Nicolosi, Danilo Ciliberti, Giuseppe De Rosa
AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, 2021 - Hybridization and Mission Analysis of a Regional Turboprop
Francesco Orefice, Fabrizio Nicolosi, Salvatore Corcione, Pierluigi Della Vecchia
AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition AIAA Aviation Forum 2021, 2021 - Conceptual design of commuter aircraft including distributed electric propulsion
Francesco Orefice, Fabrizio Nicolosi, Pierluigi Della Vecchia, Danilo Ciliberti
AIAA Aviation 2020 Forum, 2020 - Aircraft conceptual design including powertrain system architecture and distributed propulsion
Francesco Orefice, Pierluigi Della Vecchia, Danilo Ciliberti, Fabrizio Nicolosi
AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition 2019, 2019
The paper presents a thorough conceptual design approach for a generic aircraft with conventional, hybrid-electric, or full-electric powertrain. It follows the steps of classic aircraft design methods, including the main aspects related to the hybridization of an aircraft: powertrain architectures, energy sources, aerodynamic-propulsive interactions, stability and control effects. Such aircraft is designed considering design and regulations requirements. Three are the main steps of the conceptual design approach presented: preliminary design, sizing, and analysis. The first step provides a statistical baseline, including both geometry and weight breakdown, moving from top-level requirements. The sizing activity provides the energetic requirements and the mass breakdown, by combining the free choice of the designer with aviation regulations and requirements. The subsequent analysis aims to choose the baseline for high-fidelity optimization. The first application of the presented workflow deals with regional turboprop aircraft and it is based on the ATR-42 design mission. However, in the present work, a further investigation of the possible concepts, based on different design missions, highlights that the competitiveness of hybrid-electric aircrafts cannot be based on the same mission profiles on which nowadays aircrafts have been designed.
