CESA is taking part in the SELENA programme (More Electrical, Safer and More Reconfigurable Systems Orientated towards a More Efficient Aircraft by Reducing the Pilot’s Workload), which is included in the CIEN programme (National Entrepreneurial Research Consortia Strategic Programme) of CDTI.
The overall goal of the project is to take a decisive step towards the integration of more electrical systems aimed at the aircraft of the future, which must necessarily be safer, more efficient and reduce pilot workload, whilst also taking into account a lower environmental impact.
In addition to CESA, which is the leader of the consortium, another six companies are involved: (Airbus, Airbus-DS, DMP, Orbital, Ramem and Temai), as well as three Universities (Polytechnical Universities of Cartagena, Madrid and Navarra) and five Innovation Centres (AICIA, IKERLAN, PRODINTEC, TECNALIA, TEKNIKER). The programme has an estimated length of 3 years, and it is expected to finish in 2018.
The programme is divided into five lines of work:
- Efficient generation with H2 technology, led by CESA.
- Safer and more efficient electric/hydraulic/mechanical systems, led by DMP. CESA is participating in this line with the development of a shock absorber with active control based on magnetorheological fluids.
- More efficient, safer and disturbance-resistant power supply systems, led by TEMAI.
- Reduction in pilot workload using more electrical actuation systems with the incorporation of predictive and diagnostic systems to increase safety and reliability, led by CESA.
- Use of novel manufacturing concepts in systems to attain a radical reduction in weight and decreased utilisation of raw materials, led by RAMEM. CESA is also participating in this line.
The budget allocated for the development of this consortium is approximately €7.2 M, 75 % of which is financed by CDTI and the remaining 25% by the industry.
Nº Expediente: IDI-20150635
