Markus Meindl

Markus Meindl is a Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate at the Institute of Power Electronics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB). He was the technical leader of the Clean Sky2 project GENESIS and is involved in European Clean Aviation Projects like NEWBORN, HyPoTraDe, and AMBER. His current research interests include sustainable hybrid-electric aircraft systems, power electronics for aircraft applications, improved utilization of electrical machines, on-ground energy supply systems for future airports, and transportation.

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Presentation

Greening regional airports: A vision for an H2-roadmap, energy demand, and operational strategies

This presentation shows potential scenarios for the infrastructure expansion of a regional airport during the transition to the electrification of aviation. With a real-time simulation model, accurate data from two regional partner airports and hybrid-electric aircraft designs of a 50-pax regional aircraft class, realistic statements can be made on a development trend for airports. In particular, the potential expansion of the electrical infrastructure through PVs, wind farms and on-ground battery storage systems is analyzed. The simulation can show the energy requirements and which operating strategies could be of interest to airport operations in the future.