TopicPaperforMyCapstoneProject

Airplanepropulsionandenergygenerationtechniquesofmodernandpastaircraftare
inefficient,expensive,causespollution,andthefuelaircraftuseishighlyvolatile.Many
accidentshaveoccurredbecauseofthevolatilityanddangerofusingfueltopoweran
airliner,causingnumerouscasualtiessuchastheTenerifeDisasterinMarch27,1977which
killed583passengers(SmithP,March27,2014).Thecauseofdeathshappenedbecauseof
humanerrorwhichledtothefireignitedbyfuelandenginesdisintegratingduetotheir
fuelconsumingdesign.Withtheairplanealreadyhavinghazardouscomponentsitmakesit
evenmoredifficultfortopreventanyaccidentsduetopiloterrors.

Wewilldevelopandtestaliquidnitrogenpoweredmagneticallypropelledturbine
thatwillprovidesufficientthrustforaircraft,andwillalsoremovetheneedforhazardous
fueloroverlycomplexmotorsforbothjetpoweredandpropellerpoweredaircraft.Itwillalso
makeaircraftemissionfree,andultraquiet.

Thisnewdesignwillhelptheairlineindustryinmanydifferentways.Thenew
turbineswillbeofanultrabypassdesign,whichwillbeevenmoreenergyefficientand
strongerthantraditionalhighorlowbypassengines.Theturbinescanalsobebuiltoutof
cheapyetstrongpolymersormetalsthatdontneedtomeetheatstandardssincetherewillbe
noflames.Boththegeneratorandtheturbineswillbeincrediblyquietcomparedtoanyother
poweredflyingaircraftsincethereisnocombustionandelectromagnetsmakeverylittle
noise.Thisquietnesscanallowtheplanetolandinverydensepopulatedareaswithout
disturbingthepeoplelivingthere.Liquidnitrogencanalsobecreatedfromtheatmosphere,

sincealargeportionofitismadeupofnitrogen.Thiswillallowtheaircrafttoflyextremely
longdistanceswithouthavingtolandtorefuel.

Anotherbenefittoremovingtheuseofcombustionenginesandreplacingthemwith
liquidnitrogenisthatithasnodangerwhenitcomestoanaircrashoraccident.Ifaplane
crasheswithfuelonboarditmayhaveachanceofexplodingorcatchingfire.Whereasifa
planeweretocrashwithliquidnitrogeninitswings,thenassoonastheliquidnitrogenwas
exposedtotheexteriortemperaturearoundtheaccident,itwouldevaporaterapidlyleaving
nothingbehindfuelsourcewisetocauseanyinjuries(SudusinghaJ,Jan25,2015).Ifanon
boardfireweretooccur,youcouldalsoreroutetheliquidnitrogentothearewherethefire
isburningandstripitofitsoxygen.

Theseturbineswillalsobeabletorunforsignificantlylongerperiodsasyouwont
needtoworryaboutmetalfatigueormetalfracturesasmuch,norwouldyouhavetobe
concernedwithpipingforoilintheenginestocoolit,astheenginewontgenerateanyheat
itself.

Statisticsandgraphics:

Citations:
AustraliantransportsafetyBureau.June27,2013.Inflightuncontainedenginefailure
Airbus
A380842,VHOQA.https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4173625/ao2010089_final.pdf
Itisadocumentedinvestigationontheaustralianairlinewhichhadanengine
failureandhadproblembecauseofit.

BoudreauxR.October09,2001.118DieasJetsCollideonMilan
Runway.http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/09/news/mn55007NationalTransport
SafetyBureau(NTSB).1973,June
14.http://libraryonline.erau.edu/onlinefulltext/ntsb/aircraftaccidentreports/AAR73
14.pdReportonthemilanaccidentin2001,thecausedoftheaccidentandhowmany
diedfromit.


Mostlyit'stheusualsuspects:fuel,weatherandrunwayprangs.Butpoormaintenance
isasurprisinglybigplayer,asAviationConsumerreported.July6,2003.
http://www.avweb.com/news/safety/1852671.html

Smith,P,Mar.27,2014.HowATinyIslandRunwayBecameTheSiteOfThe
DeadliestPlaneCrashEver.
http://www.businessinsider.com/deadliestplanecrashinhistory20143.Ittalks
abouttheworseairplanecrashwhichcausedalotofdeathbecauseoftheexplosion
whenbothplanescrashed.

SudusinghaJ.Jan25,2015IsStillAviationtheSafestTransportMode?A
FlashbackontheYear2014Aviation.http://blog.ciltsl.com/tag/aviation/(The
CharteredInstituteofLogisticsandTransport)Thepiechartthatrepresentthe
accidentsandwhatthemostcausedofit.