Hybrid lantarki Twin Otter: Mataki na farko zuwa ingantaccen, ƙaramar iska mai jigilar iska

Ampaire da IKHANA Aircraft Services sun kaddamar da wani NASA- binciken yuwuwar samun kuɗi don gyaggyarawa jirgin saman Twin Otter workhorse mai daraja don haɓakar haɗaɗɗen wutar lantarki.

An bai wa Ampaire kwangilar NASA don magance ƙarfin wutar lantarki akan Twin Otter a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarin NASA EAP (Electric Aircraft Propulsion). Ampaire da IKHANA suna aiwatar da wannan shirin na NASA tare. Kamfanonin biyu suna aiki tare don kimanta nau'ikan nau'ikan diesel / na'urorin lantarki na jirgin sama, da haɓaka farashi, jadawalin da tsare-tsaren rage haɗari don ƙarin lokaci na haɓaka jirgin sama.

Maƙasudin maƙasudi shi ne yin majagaba na juyi nau'in wutar lantarki na IKHANA's RWMI DHC-6-300HG™ Twin Otter jirgin sama. Wannan jirgin mai nauyin kilo 14,000 (kilogram 6350) zai samar da wutar lantarki fiye da 1MW kuma zai dauki fasinjoji da kaya 19, yayin da ya samu raguwar yawan man fetur. Wannan yunƙurin ya jawo haɗin gwiwar Ampaire da IKHANA don gwaje-gwajen jirgin sama da haɓaka fasaha akan jirgin sama na Ampaire Electric EEL guda shida masu nunin jirgin sama, waɗanda tagwayen Cessna 337 ne da aka gyara don wutar lantarki. Ƙaddamar da toshe-in na Ampaire daidaitaccen fasahar motsa jiki, matasan Twin Otter yana buɗe damar da za a yi ga abokan cinikin farar hula da na gwamnati.

"Samar da wutar lantarki na jirgin sama mai kujeru 19 abu ne mai yuwuwa na kusa wanda zai amfana da masu aiki da fasinjoji, tare da rage hayaki mai iska da kuma taimakawa masana'antar sufurin jiragen sama cimma manufofin ci gaban carbon," in ji Shugaba Ampaire Kevin Noertker. "Muna ganin tallafin NASA a matsayin ingantaccen dabarun sake fasalin Ampaire. Yana da ƙananan haɗari, hanyar da za a iya kaiwa ga matasan/lantarki, kuma a ƙarshe cikakkiyar wutar lantarki, gaba. Wannan dabarar sake fasalin ta bambanta Ampaire daga sabbin gine-gine, manyan tsare-tsare."

Noertker ya bayyana mahimmancin nau'in kujeru 19 don samun ci gaba a jirgin sama na lantarki. “Binciken da Ampaire ya yi kan kasuwar sufurin jiragen sama ya nuna cewa kashi daya bisa uku na hayakin jiragen sama ana kididdige su ne ta sassan hanyoyin da ba su wuce kilomita 1,000 ba. Muna da fasaha a yau don magance waɗannan sassan layi, a kan jirgin sama har zuwa 19-kujeru., Yayin da matasan lantarki mafita za su zo ga manyan jiragen sama a cikin dogon lokaci. Za mu iya samun matasan Twin Otter na lantarki a cikin sabis a cikin ƴan shekaru kaɗan. Wannan shi ne abin da ya sa wannan kashi na farko na aiki don ƙaddamar da NASA. Wannan binciken zai sami aikace-aikacen da ya wuce kawai dandalin Twin Otter. "

"Twin Otter jirgin sama ne na musamman wanda ke da ingantacciyar sassauci don yin aiki a matsayin mai zirga-zirgar birni, jirgin daji na baya-bayan nan, da kuma aikace-aikacen ayyuka na musamman daban-daban. Yana da kyakkyawan dandamali na nuni don fasahar samar da wutar lantarki kuma a matsayin samfur ɗin da aka ƙware zai sami fa'ida mai fa'ida a kasuwa a kansa.", in ji shugaban IKHANA kuma Shugaba John Zublin. “Kungiyar IKHANA tana farin cikin kasancewa majagaba na fasahar haɗaɗɗen fasahar DHC-6 Twin Otter; daidaitawa da tabbatar da sabbin damar aiki waɗanda ke faɗaɗa amfani ga masu aiki shine abin da muke magana akai. ”