Ionic PROPulsion in atmosphere
INNOVATE, PROPEL, SOAR:
ionic air-breathing propulsion exploring new horizons for aerospace
The IPROP project has been featured in the 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of APRE Magazine, thanks to the collaboration with Fondazione Politecnico di Milano. The full edition here....
A novel design technique, where an airship featuring ion-plasma thrusters is sized for a low-altitude demonstration mission has been published on ICAS 2024 “34th...
Interesting progress has been made on the IPROP project in 2024, pushing the boundaries of ionic thruster technology for atmospheric and stratospheric applications....
The Politecnico of Milano Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER), latest experimental campaign, within the IPROP project, focuses on optimizing EAD...
The IPROP project has been prominently featured on the DEEPSYNC platform, a collaborative initiative under the EIC Communities program. DEEPSYNC is designed to gather...
The IPROP project recently marked a milestone with a partner meeting hosted by the CNRS collaborators, the Fluid Mechanics Institute of Toulouse (IMFT UMR 5502) and the...
The Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, “Guglielmo Marconi” of University of Bologna and the Department of Mathematics, MOX – Modelling...
Giuseppe Calió, a PhD student at Politecnico di Milano in the Department of Mathematics (DMAT), and Fabio Ragazzi, a PhD student at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di...
A novel design technique for airships featuring ion-thrusters has been presented at the 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences...
SUMMARY
This project aims to bring ionic air-breathing propulsive systems beyond the pioneering phase, exploring their capabilities and improving their performance. Non-thermal plasma for atmospheric propulsion is a subject of recent investigations: model airplanes and vertical lifters have recently flown with this type of propulsion, but the potential of this technology is much higher. Many open aspects in this field deserve to be investigated, from fundamental research on ion production to geometric optimization of electrodes and integration of propulsion systems in existing aircrafts.
DURATION OF THE PROJECT
START OF THE PROJECT
01.11.2023
END OF THE PROJECT
31.10.2027
THE NETWORK OF PARTNERS
- POLIMI, Politecnico di Milano. Milano, Italy.
- UNIBO, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna. Bologna, Italy.
- KIT, Karlsruhe Institut Fuer Technologie. Karlsruhe, Germany.
- VKI, Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics. Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium.
- ISAE Supaero, Insitut Superieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace. Toulouse, France.
- CNRS, Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique CNRS. Paris, France.
- AERONORD, Aeronord di Enzo Cisaro & C. s.a.s. Milano, Italy.
- TUD, Technische Universitaet Dresden. Dresden, Germany.
