Print Email Facebook Twitter The feasibility of a fully electric aircraft towing system Title The feasibility of a fully electric aircraft towing system Author van Baaren, Edzard (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering) Contributor Roling, Paul (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Aerospace Engineering | Transport and Operations Date 2019-05-24 Abstract Operational towing is a taxiing strategy to reduce the fuel consumption during the taxiing phase of a flight, which decreases the cost and environmental impact of taxiing. Currently, no operational electric towing systems are available that are fully electric, independent from the APU and are capable of towing both narrow- and wide-bodied aircraft. The research objective is to determine if a fully electric towing system can be a technically and operationally feasible alternative to conventional taxiing. To determine the feasibility, a fully electric towing concept is designed and simulated in the airport models of Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. A Vehicle Routing Problem is used to test the effectiveness of the concept at reducing the total fuel consumption at the airport. The results show that fully electric towing has a fuel saving potential up to 82%. It is concluded that fully electric towing is technically and operationally feasible. Subject electrictowingsystemaircrafttaxiingvehicleRotterdamSchipholfullyfuelenvironment To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c47a1e3e-8d3b-4eda-8b3b-134ae29f6af9 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2019 Edzard van Baaren Files PDF Master_Thesis_Edzard_van_Baaren.pdf 2.98 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c47a1e3e-8d3b-4eda-8b3b-134ae29f6af9/datastream/OBJ/view