The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), which owns Airbus, claims they could have

a Mach-4 traveling airplane in the skies by 2050 that could y passengers around the globe at more than 3,000 m.p.h.

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zero emission hypersonic transportation

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SPECIFICATIONS
Capacity Length Width Speed Altitude 60-100 passengers About 80 m 35-40 m 4,800 km/h (Mach-4) 32 km

ZHEST

ROCKET ENGINES

used during the ascent

DELTA WING
Concorde

HYDROGEN TANKS

The plane would be virtually emission-free, as it would be powered by seaweed based biofuels, hydrogen and oxygen, producing only water emissions. While the plane is still at concept stage and will require huge funding to get o the ground, EADS says demonstration ights could be happening as early as 2020.

(Mach 4)

OXYGEN TANKS

AVIATION EMISSIONS
MILLION TONNES CO2

TURBO ENGINES

used on takeoff operates on biofuel

RAMJET

used during the cruise phase

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Increase is mainly due to international tra c

40,000 m 30,000 m 20,000 m 15,000 m 10,000 m 5,000 m 0m

TAKEOFF Uses two high-powered jet engines running exclusively on 3rd generation biofuel (from algae).

Mach-4, about 4,800 km/h

2ASCENSION
Two cryogenic rocket engines (using a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen) and a third that is more powerful to reach cruising altitude.

4 DESCENSION During the

CRUISE Two atmospheric hydrogen ramjets take over. Emission is water vapour.

normal ying altitude

approach phase, the controller makes a gliding descent followed by a re-ignition of jet engines for landing.

The plane would take o from a standard runway

A ight from Montreal to Paris would only take about 90 minutes

ENERGY EFFICIENCY REDUCTION OF GHG EMMISSIONS COMPETITION WITH FOOD CROPS

3 GENERATIONS OF BIOFUELS
ST GENERATION ND GENERATION RD GENERATION 2000 Fuel made mainly from plant extracts (corn, wheat, beet) 2004 Fuels obtained thermochemically (biomass waste, forest residues) 2009 Primary fuel produced from microalgae (photosynthesis)

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