Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (hereinafter “EuroHPC JU”), will contribute to the ambition of value creation in the Union with the overall mission to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union an integrated world class supercomputing and quantum computing infrastructure and to develop and support a highly competitive and innovative High Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem, extreme scale, power-efficient and highly resilient HPC and data technologies.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The scope of this topic is to deliver a thermal management concept including all relevant key enabling technologies matured to TRL 5 at system level at project completion, compatible with HER aircraft concept(s) selected at the end of 2025.
Detailed Call Description
The project may explore different configurations, which shall be described in detail (justification, targeted advantages, anticipated drawbacks, anticipated challenges, possible adaptations, risks, etc.) and compared in terms of potential and the most promising option selected.
The hybrid-electric architecture will be challenging in terms of thermal management to match the systems architecture cooling requirements. Therefore, a suitable thermal management concept at aircraft level needs to be developed and validated in close connection with solutions at component and system levels which take this interrelationship into account.
A number of top-level goals will be the basis for performance targets, in particular:
- Minimum overall weight of the thermal management system (weight penalty <30% compared to 2020 SoA with conventional technologies)
- High thermal/energy efficiency (Coefficient of Performance ≥ 2 at the design point, using nonflammable refrigerant with GWP <= 1);
- Minimum surface-area-to-volume-ratio or any relevant size-related parameter target: consistent with aircraft and systems requirements and constraints (including architecture / installation / thermal aspects);
- It is implicit that all targets must be compatible with safety as an overarching requirement.
The top level goals shall be broken down in a consistent manner at the different levels: from aircraft top level requirements to systems, sub-systems and components level requirements, from where pertinent performance targets including key performance indicators shall be derived.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
EU contribution of €40 million
Thematic Categories
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Given the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the involvement of Belarus, legal entities established in Russia, Belarus or in any occupied territory of Ukraine are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis for justified reasons, such as for humanitarian purposes, civil society support or people-to-people contacts.
The consortium should include newcomers to the field of aeronautics and in particular SMEs, start-ups and/or knowledge centres that can bring disruptive innovation to the project as proposed.
(Further details in the call document)