Breakthrough aircraft scenarios

Breakthrough aircraft scenarios#

Optimization with all propulsion architectures unlocked: hydrogen gas turbine, hydrogen fuel cell, battery-electric, plus drop-in SAF. Four variants are tested under SSP2-2.6: baseline reference, trend, preferential energy, and low-demand formulation.

Each run script executes a single variant across three technology levels. The comparison script gathers all variants and plots trends, jet fuel composition, and fleet energy carrier breakdowns.

Breakthrough reference: SSP2-2.6 baseline (fossil kerosene only)

Breakthrough reference: SSP2-2.6 baseline (fossil kerosene only)

Breakthrough aircraft: preferential energy allocation

Breakthrough aircraft: preferential energy allocation

Breakthrough aircraft: low-demand formulation

Breakthrough aircraft: low-demand formulation

Breakthrough aircraft: trend resource allocation

Breakthrough aircraft: trend resource allocation

Breakthrough aircraft: comparison of all variants

Breakthrough aircraft: comparison of all variants