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Investigation of the Impact of Turboprop Propulsion on Fuel Efficiency and Economic Feasibility

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dc.contributor.authorAntcliff, Kevin Richarden
dc.contributor.committeechairLowe, K. Todden
dc.contributor.committeechairFuller, Christopher R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRaj, Pradeepen
dc.contributor.committeememberChoi, Seongim Sarahen
dc.contributor.committeememberDevenport, William J.en
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace and Ocean Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-23T08:05:12Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-23T08:05:12Zen
dc.date.issued2014-10-02en
dc.description.abstractThis study explored a 130-passenger advanced turboprop commercial airliner with the purposes of economic feasibility and energy efficiency. A baseline vehicle and a derivative vehicle were researched and analyzed in detail. Based on the findings of this analysis, an advanced future airliner was designed. For the advanced airliner, advanced technologies were suggested and projections of these technology benefits were implemented. Detailed performance analysis was conducted for all three aircraft. The energy efficiency of each vehicle was compared to current and future N+3 aircraft. Lastly, cost analysis was performed to observe the impact of these energy savings. The three existing and future concepts evaluated were: 1) Bombardier 80- passenger Q400 baseline, 2) An expanded 130-passenger Bombardier Q400 termed the Q400XL, and 3) an N+3 advanced 130-passenger turboprop airliner termed the N+3 Airliner. The N+3 Airliner was compared to the SUGAR High, a Boeing/NASA N+3 aircraft, in both fuel efficiency and economic feasibility. The N+3 Airliner was 22 percent more energy efficient. At current oil prices, the N+3 Airliner had nearly identical operating cost. However, at two times current oil prices, the N+3 Airliner has a slight advantage economically. Therefore, as long as the price of oil is above 2011 oil prices, $3.03 per barrel, the N+3 Airliner will be an economically viable option.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:3713en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52566en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectturbopropen
dc.subjectaircraft designen
dc.subjectenergy efficiencyen
dc.subjectFLOPSen
dc.subjectVehicle Sketch Paden
dc.titleInvestigation of the Impact of Turboprop Propulsion on Fuel Efficiency and Economic Feasibilityen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineAerospace Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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