GARDN II Sylvain Cofsky, Executive Director October 7, 2015
Global context of Aerospace Industry 705 millions tonnes 3,1 billion 58,1 million 3.5 X Worldwide, flights produced 705 million tonnes of CO2 in 2013. Globally, humans produced over 36 billion tonnes of CO2. In 2013, over 3 billion passengers were carried by the world's airlines. Over 58 million people are employed worldwide in aviation and related tourism. Of this, 8.7 million people work directly in the aviation industry. Worldwide, the amount contributed to the global economy by aviation jobs is roughly three and a half times higher than that contributed by other jobs. * Source : http://www.atag.org/facts-and-figures.html (consulted September 29, 2015) 2
Global context of Aerospace Industry 1,397 airlines operate a fleet of 25,000 aircraft serving 3,864 airports through a route network of several million kms managed by 173 air navigation service providers. The aviation industry consumes around 1,5 billion barrels of Jet A-1 fuel annually 3 liters The new Airbus A380, Boeing 787, ATR-600 and Bombardier CSeries aircraft use less than 3 liters of jet fuel per 100 passenger kilometers. This matches the efficiency of most modern compact cars. * Source : http://www.atag.org/facts-and-figures.html (consulted September 29, 2015) 3
Aerospace Industry environmental Targets by ATAG We will improve our fleet fuel efficiency by 1.5% per annum between now and 2020. From 2020, net carbon emissions from aviation will be capped through carbon neutral growth. By 2050. net aviation carbon emissions will be half of what they were in 2005 * Source : http://www.atag.org/facts-and-figures.html (consulted September 29, 2015) 4
Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN) GARDN is part of the Canadian federal program called Business-Led Network of Centres of Excellence (BL-NCE) Created in 2009 (2009-2014) + Renewed in 2014 (2014-2019) Objective: Increase competitiveness of Canada s Aerospace Industry through the reduction of its environmental footprint A 2-pillar strategy: 1. Funding of precompetitive collaborative industrial R&D projects (TRL 3 to 6) 2. Focal point for reflection on environmental aviation in Canada 5
Vision and Mission Vision: GARDN is a permanent contributor to the preservation of our environment while securing Canada s leadership role in aerospace. Mission: GARDN will foster the continuous development of technologies and processes for quiet, clean, and sustainable air transport by: 1. Encouraging creativity in the development of aerospace environment technologies; 2. Encouraging collaboration between companies and varying sizes along the supply chain; 3. Encouraging investment in universities, colleges, and on-the-job training to generate highly qualified personnel; 4. Ensuring that companies address the environmental impact of their products and services along the entire life cycle. 6
Budget GARDN I (2009-2014) Budget of $42M+ Industry contribution = 70% Government (BL-NCE) contribution = 30% GARDN II Renewed for 5 more years: 2014-2019 A minimum of $25M ($12M from the government) 7
The Positioning of GARDN TRL 9 TRL 8 TRL 7 TRL 6 TRL 5 TRL 4 TRL 3 TRL 2 TRL 1 Quebec Canada Canada Quebec Tech Demo Program Canada Universities Research centers Industry 8
Governance Integration Committee Scientific Committee Executive Committee BOARD OF DIRECTORS 19 voting position + 3 observers Finance and Audit Committee Nomination Committee 9
GARDN II Research Themes Quiet Aircraft noise (airframe, landing gear); Engine noise (propeller, turbomachinery). Clean Aircraft design and optimization to reduce fuel burn and climate change; Advanced engine and combustor concepts to reduce fuel burn, NOx and particulate matter; Alternative fuels; Optimized navigation and avionics. Sustainable Product end-of-life; Green manufacturing and MRO; Materials of concern. 10
GARDN I Track Record 2009-2014 GARDN Networking Events 30+ members 5 OEMS 12 SMES 13 universities + associated partners 1000+ participants in total International Collaboration USA, Europe, China 270+ researchers 51 from academia 219 from industry 11
Industrial Members and Participants 12
Academic and Associate Members and Participants Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur le cycle de vie des produits, procédés et services Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services 13
Project Evaluation Criteria Budgetary aspects: BL-NCE Funds (through GARDN) may not exceed 50% of total project cost; Overall government (federal, provincial, other) funding may not exceed 75% of total project cost; Money must be spent within Canada. Eligibility Criteria: Funding from industrial sources (at least 50% of the project cost); A minimum of 2 collaborators (including an industrial leader); Involvement of a SME; TRL progression (from 3 to 6); Linked to one of the GARDN research theme: Clean, Quiet, Sustainable) Evaluation Criteria: Benefits to the Canadian aerospace sector; Development of Highly Qualified People; Environmental impact; Feasibility, collaboration, quality of researchers. 14
The Selection Process 15
GARDN Research Portfolio 25 collaborative projects = $60M+ GARDN I Round 1 = 9 Projects Round 2 = 4 Projects Round 3 = 4 Projects GARDN II Round 1 = 7 Projects Round 2 = 6 Projects Round 3? 16
GARDN II : Project portfolio Assessment of likely Technology Maturation pathways used to produce biojet from forest residues (The ATM project) Canada s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative: Enabling 2020 Carbon Neutral Growth Integrated Electric Propulsion Systems for Aircraft Energy Efficient Aircraft Configurations and Concepts of Operation QUIET CLEAN Experimental Validation of Innovative Environmentally Focused Aircraft Configurations Noise Reduction for Next Generation Regional Turboprop Hydroformed Cross Tubes for Helicopter Skid Type Landing Gear Airframe Noise Reduction for Business and Commercial Aircrafts Flight Management Performance Optimization II Additive Manufacturing for Landing Gear Turboprop Flight Advisory System (FAS) for Cruise Fuel Burn Reduction SUSTANABLE Greening the Aerospace Supply Chain Next Generation Combustor for Small Gas Turbine Engines 17
GARDN II, 1 st Round
PWC-23: Next Generation Combustor for Small Gas Turbine Engines Term: 4 years Objective: Evolve current low emissions technology developed for large turbofan engines to the next generation turboprops by a new combustor system. This new combustion system is an enabler for greenhouse gas reduction on the engine and has the potential to deliver significant reductions of NOx and particulate matter while improving component life. 19
BA-21: Experimental Validation of Innovative Environmentally Fiendly Aircraft Configurations Term: 4 years Objective: A continuation of prior work, the GARDN II project involves the development of a novel aircraft concept which is designed to satisfy various performance and stability and control (S&C) requirements. This aircraft concept will then be tested in a wind tunnel test campaign to validate the S&C characteristics. Various alternative designs will be tested in addition to the baseline configuration. 20
CMC-21: Flight Management Performance Optimization II Term: 4 years Objective: Optimize the vertical and horizontal path of the aircraft within the Flight Management System by taking into account the Required Time of Arrival, the wind grids and meteorological conditions. The main motivation of the project is to reduce overall carbon emissions and flight costs. 21
BHTC-21: Hydroformed Helicopter Skid Type Landing Gear Term: 2 years Objective: Reduce weight, components and assembly costs through an enhanced, scaled up methodology of hydroforming aerospace tubular products. The developed technology will enable the manufacturing of high strength and corrosion, environmental-friendly resistant landing gear components and provide superior quality products at lower life costs values. 22
PWC-22: Noise Reduction for Next Generation Regional Turboprop Term: 4 years Objective: Leverage new technologies, develop new design methodology, and mature concepts in support of a low-noise large regional turboprop aircraft meeting stringent noise requirements. The new technology is a feasibility requirement for development of a new large environmentally-friendly turboprop aircraft. 23
QC-21: Greening the Aerospace Supply Chain Term: 2 years Objective: Define a supply chain management framework to provide industrials with the capacity to prioritize eco-responsible purchasing actions, define technologies green specifications and efficiently treat environmental information. The acquired knowledge will offer a collaboration model fully adapted to the Canadian aerospace sector, facilitating ecodesign across the supply chain. 24
BA-22: Airframe Noise Reduction for Business and Commercial Term: 4 years Objective: Reduce noise impact of aircraft operations in the vicinity of airports by leveraging new technologies, developing new design methodology and maturing concepts in support of a low-noise large regional turboprop aircraft. The project will lay groundwork to help reducing the adverse effects of the expected large increase in aircraft traffic volumes in Canada and elsewhere in the next decades. 25
GARDN II, 2 nd Round Selected by GARDN s Board of Directors on July 21, 2015
NU-21: Energy Efficient Aircraft Configurations and Concepts of Operation Term: 2 years Objective: Investigate novel air vehicle configurations, advanced propulsion systems, and noise reduction techniques to enable cleaner and quieter UAV operations and air transportation. The research will include an analysis of hybrid propulsion systems, lightweight and flexible wings and unique energy harvesting methods on the flexible wing structures. 27
SRS-21: Turboprop Flight Advisory System (FAS) for Cruise Fuel Burn Reduction Term: 1 year Objective: Reducing the fuel burn and corresponding CO2 emissions of small commercial turboprop aircraft (19 or less seats) during the cruise flight phase using a software application installed on stand-alone Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) device. The main motivation for developing an EFB-based solution stems from the need to achieve an average improvement in fuel efficiency of 1.5% per year per industry target. 28
LTA-21: Integrated Electric Propulsion Systems for Aircraft Term: 3 years Objective: Ensure that constituent technology components for an aerospacegrade Integrated Electric Propulsion System (IEPS) are commercially available, operationally viable, meet Certification Authority requirements, and are through-life supportable in a cost effective way. This project will give involved business entities a jump on a key emerging branch of aerospace technical capability. 29
HD-21: Additive Manufacturing for Landing Gear Term: 3 years Objective: Validate the performance of additive manufacturing (AM) process for aerospace non-structural parts, the use of standard post-manufacturing processes required and evaluate the certification of aerospace parts produced by AM. At the end of the project, the performance of parts made by AM will be compared to certifiable machined parts used as reference. 30
NEC-21: Assessment of likely Technology Maturation pathways used to produce biojet from forest residues (The ATM Project) Term: 3 years Objective: Advance the development and production of biojet fuels in Canada from sustainable biomass feedstocks. The project will assess the potential of producing biojet from Canada s considerable forest residue resources, using the experience of Canada s established forest products sector and the growing pellet sector. 31
WG-21: Canada s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative: Enabling 2020 Carbon Neutral Growth Term: 3 years Objective: Demonstrate the operational feasibility of biojet fuels in the domestic jet fuel supply system, catalyze the development of the domestic biojet sector by using HEFA biojet, validate CND biojet supply chain elements, and generate hands-on experience with biojet handling and integration to develop best practices in a Canadian context. 32
In Conclusion Foster innovation that ensures high level of environmental performance of aerospace products Ensure Canada remains a global player in aerospace products and services Enable Canada to play a major role in the aerospace environmental innovation Promote exchange of emerging ideas through the network Influence successful technology deployment and commercialization GARDN: the focal point for environmental research 33
Thank you! Merci! 740, Notre-Dame West Street Suite 1515 Montreal, Quebec H3C 3X6 www.gardn.org sylvain.cofsky@gardn.org