ESA IP-CCI

28 Jun 2023, 09:00 → 30 Jun 2023, 17:15 Europe/Amsterdam

ESTEC, The Netherlands

The Innovative Propulsion Cross Cutting Initiative (IP-CCI) follows past and ongoing cross cutting initiatives at ESA by focusing on particular topics of interest in breakthrough technologies, taking into account the needs of user programmes and industry and exploiting the potential of propulsion technologies across the complete R&D life cycle. 

Innovative Propulsion, by definition, shall: 

Bring significant positive benefit in terms of mass, performance, cost and flexibility.

Be at low TRL yet enough (>TRL2) to be engineered and demonstrated in a medium term.

Enable new missions or applications.

Facilitate the creation of new markets.

Enhance reliability and competitiveness.

The objectives of the IP–CCI are: 

To identify and support the strategic interest of ESA member states, industry and academia.

To stimulate the propulsion ecosystem of the ESA member states.

To increase the technology readiness, implement IOV/IOD missions, foster the research, development and testing capabilities and demonstrate the applications and services.

To provide an increased visibility of innovative propulsion activities for space.

Objective of the Workshops

The workshops are organized by the Propulsion, Aerothermodynamics, and Flight Vehicles Engineering Division of ESA under the coordination of:

Davina Di Cara 
Dirk Schneider 
Thomas Searle 
Victor Fernandez Villace 
Eva-Marie Dupuy

The workshops will serve to the collection of future vision, needs and requirements for the development of Innovative Propulsion systems and technologies in order to consolidate the ESA Innovative Propulsion roadmap. The workshops constitute the forum where the participants will voice their interests and contributions towards the Innovative Propulsion topics.

The workshops are open to industries (suppliers & users), research institutes/centres and National Agencies from ESA Member States.

Each workshop is organised around a particular topic. The participants can apply to any workshop of their interest. The list of workshops and corresponding chairs is provided below, whereas each topic is introduced briefly in the programme.

 

#	Topic	Chair	Co-chair
1	High Efficiency Atmospheric-Breathing Electric Propulsion	E. Bosh Borras	L. Walpot
2	Advanced Airbreathing Propulsion	D. Perigo	J. Steelant
3	Rotating and Pulse Detonation Propulsion	S. Hyde	C. Jéger
4	Water Propulsion	A. Herbertz	D. Di Cara
5	Long Term Storability and Operation of Hydrogen Peroxide	C. Hunter	F. Valencia
6	Innovative Aerodynamic Surfaces	L. Walpot	S. Schuster
7	Long-term In-space Cryogenic Propulsion and ISRU Propellants	S. Hyde	D. Perigo
8	Space Tethers	E. Bosh Borras	D. Di Cara
9	Beamed Energy Propulsion	A. Herbertz	N. Arcis
10	Nuclear Electric Propulsion (*)	N. Arcis	J. Steelant
11	Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (*)	A. Herbertz	C. Jéger
12	Metallic Propellant for Chemical Propulsion	M. Ford	L. Delsupexhe
13	Advanced High Altitude Platform Systems (aHAPS)	O. Cohen	C. Jéger
14	Innovative Propulsion on Non-Terrestrial Bodies	M. Ford	J. Steelant

 

(*) The workshops on Nuclear Electric and Nuclear Thermal Propulsion are deferred to a TBD date owing to the ongoing ESA CDF and Phase 0/A studies, the outcomes of which will help determining the technology gaps, needs and priorities. Nonetheless, the interested participants are encouraged to already apply and submit their responses to the corresponding topical questions posted through the registration form.

Wednesday 28 June

09:00 → 10:30 Introduction & Keynote Speech

Speaker TBC

09:00 Tommaso Ghidini - Head of the Mechanical Department of ESA

09:15 The Innovative Propulsion Workshops, Victor F. Villace - Event Coordinator, Aerothermodynamics and Flight Vehicles Engineer of ESA

09:30 Udo Becker - Head of the Technology Programme Office of ESA

10:00 Opportunities and Benefits offered by ESA Patents office - Mercedes Sanchez and Stephan Speidel

Please see below useful links to access:
- Funding opportunity for the technical and commercial maturation of ESA’s inventions
- Learning material from an online lecture series that took place last year on "Patents and Intellectual Property as strategic business tools. Please note that these webinars are available in the ESA learning Hub portal for registered companies, and that a new series of training is being planned this year.

Funding opportunity for the technical and commercial maturation of ESA’s inventions

Online lecture series: Patents and Intellectual Property as strategic business tools

10:30 → 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 → 11:00 Workshop 2 - Advanced Airbreathing Propulsion: Welcome and agenda

Chair: D. Perigo
Co-chair: J. Steelant

11:00 → 13:00 Workshop 2 - Advanced Airbreathing Propulsion: Presentations by industry

Chair: D. Perigo
Co-chair: J. Steelant

11:00 Recent progress in precooled propulsion at Reaction Engines

Speaker: richard varvill (Reaction Engines)

11:13 Acceleration phase of an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle

Speaker: Bayindir Saracoglu (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics)

11:26 Scramjet Propulsion: Technological Challenges and related Research Opportunities in aerothermodynamic modelling, testing and diagnostics

Speaker: Jan Martinez Schramm (German Aerospace Center)

11:39 Preparation of a specific state of flow for scramjets

Speaker: Viola Wartemann (DLR)

11:52 Ideas for New Airbreathing Propulsion Facilities

M. Marini (CIRA)

Speaker: Marco Marini (CIRA)

12:05 Health Monitoring of Critical Advanced Space propulsion Components

Speaker: Johannes Riehmer (DLR)

12:17 TNO’s aeropropulsion facility: current status and foreseen improvements

T. Roos, R. Choudhury (TNO)

Speaker: Wolter Wieling (The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO))

12:30 Closing the Disconnect Between Fundamental Research and Flight System Design

Speaker: Luke Doherty (University of Oxford)

12:43 Needs for system level analyses and engineering tools for innovative propulsion at European level

Speaker: MARIA ARANDA ROSALES

11:00 → 11:30 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Welcome and Introduction of topic

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

11:30 → 12:45 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Presentations by industry

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

11:30 Water Electrolysis Propulsion at TUM

Speakers: Sascha Dengler (Technische Universität München TUM), Mr Sören Heizmann (Technical University of Munich)

11:45 Water-based chemical, electrothermal and electric propulsion developments at URA Thrusters

Speaker: Mr Alberto Garbayo (URA Thrusters)

12:00 Toward a more efficient in-space production of hydrogen and oxygen via via electrolysis

Speaker: Prof. Maria Rosaria Vetrano

12:15 COMET Resistojet Water Propulsion

Speaker: Eddder Rabadan-Santana (Bradford Space)

12:30 Water Propulsion – The Ultimate Green Technology

Speakers: Nicholas Harmansa (ArianeGroup), Ulrich Gotzig (ArianeGroup)

12:45 → 13:00 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Tour de table and preview on afternoon workshop brainstorming session

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 15:50 Workshop 2 - Advanced Airbreathing Propulsion: Open discussion

Chair: D. Perigo
Co-chair: J. Steelant

14:00 Discussion of roadmap, technology needs (TRL-based)

15:20 Draft update of the white paper

14:00 → 14:30 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Recap and brainstorming on technology needs and current TRL for each major technology (part 1)

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

14:30 → 16:00 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Presentations by industry

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

14:30 Water-Electrolysis-Propulsion on-board the small satellite ROMEO launching 2025

Speakers: Alexandros Vikas (Institute of Space Systems - Univeristy of Stuttgart), Jérôme Hildebrandt (University Stuttgart: Institute of Space Systems (IRS))

14:45 Water propulsion activities at Airbus Defence and Space UK

Speaker: Joseph Hunt (Airbus Defence and Space)

15:00 Water propulsion research at Imperial College London

Speaker: Aaron Knoll (Imperial College London)

15:15 Water propulsion research at Politecnico di Milano

Speaker: Prof. Filippo Maggi (Politecnico di Milano)

15:30 Water propulsion: electric thrusters and electrolysis

Speaker: Jeremie Dautriche (Thales Alenia Space UK)

15:45 Presentation by Empresarios Agrupados

Speaker: MARIA ARANDA ROSALES

15:50 → 16:00 Workshop 2 - Advanced Airbreathing Propulsion: Summary & close-out

Chair: D. Perigo
Co-chair: J. Steelant

16:00 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 16:30 Workshop 13 - Advanced High Altitude Platform Systems (aHAPS): Welcome and Introduction

Chair: O. Cohen
Co-chair: C. Jéger

16:15 → 16:45 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Discussion of roadmap, gathering of key players in and outside of Europe, brain storming on technology needs and current TRL for each major technology (continued)

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

16:30 → 17:00 Workshop 13 - Advanced High Altitude Platform Systems (aHAPS): Presentations by industry

Chair: O. Cohen
Co-chair: C. Jéger

16:30 Presentation by B2Space

Speaker: Victor Montero-Burgos

16:45 Presentation by Airbus DS

Speaker: Pere Roca (Airbus Defence and Space)

16:45 → 17:00 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Presentation of status of draft white paper content regarding water propulsion

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

17:00 → 17:50 Workshop 13 - Advanced High Altitude Platform Systems (aHAPS): White paper discussion

Chair: O. Cohen
Co-chair: C. Jéger

17:00 → 17:30 Workshop 4 - Water Propulsion: Conclusions on white paper development based on workshop discussions

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

17:50 → 18:00 Workshop 13 - Advanced High Altitude Platform Systems (aHAPS): Discussion summary

Chair: O. Cohen
Co-chair: C. Jéger

Thursday 29 June

09:00 → 09:15 Workshop 1 - High Efficiency Atmospheric-Breathing Electric Propulsion: Welcome and Introduction of topic

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: L. Walpot

09:15 → 10:00 Workshop 1 - High Efficiency Atmospheric-Breathing Electric Propulsion: Discussion on the State of the art and technology roadmap and development needs

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: L. Walpot

09:15 → 09:30 Workshop 7 - Long-term In-space Cryogenic Propulsion and ISRU Propellants: Welcome and agenda

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: D. Perigo

09:30 → 10:00 Workshop 7 - Long-term In-space Cryogenic Propulsion and ISRU Propellants: ESA draft roadmap presentation

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: D. Perigo

10:00 → 10:15 Coffee Break

10:15 → 10:45 Workshop 1 - High Efficiency Atmospheric-Breathing Electric Propulsion: Presentation of the white paper, discussion on the received feedback

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: L. Walpot

10:15 → 12:00 Workshop 7 - Long-term In-space Cryogenic Propulsion and ISRU Propellants: Presentations by industry

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: D. Perigo

10:15 Building blocks for agile satellite systems an beyond - Technical University of Munich

Speaker: Christian Bauer (DeltaOrbit GmbH)

10:30 Transfer line chill-down enhancement in long term in space cryogenic propulsion - KU Leuven

Speaker: Donato Fontanarosa (University of Salento)

10:45 Refuelling: couplings & pumps - Thales Alenia Space

Speaker: Jeremie Dautriche (Thales Alenia Space UK)

11:00 Leveraging cryo-technology developed in cross domains for ISRU application -Vanzetti Engineering SpA

Speaker: Andrea CAPUANI

11:15 In-situ morphology utilization - Lunar Cargo P.C.

Speaker: Mr Charalampos Kosmas (LUNAR CARGO P.C.)

11:30 Presentation by Empresarios Agrupados

Speaker: MARIA ARANDA ROSALES

11:45 Numerical simulation of bubble growth induced by pressure and temperature variation under micro-gravity conditions

Speaker: Maxence Deferrez (ISAE-SUPAERO)

10:45 → 12:45 Workshop 1 - High Efficiency Atmospheric-Breathing Electric Propulsion: Presentations by industry

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: L. Walpot

10:45 Presentation by industry #1 - Dr. James Sadler

11:00 Presentation by industry #2 (title TBD)

Speaker: ANNA-MARIA THEODORA ANDREESCU (COMOTI Romanian Research & Development Institute for Gas Turbines)

11:15 Presentation by industry #3 (title TBD)

Speaker: Charalampos Kosmas (LUNAR CARGO P.C.)

11:30 Presentation by industry #4 (title TBD)

Speaker: Adam Obrusnik (PlasmaSolve s.r.o.)

11:45 Presentation by industry #5 (title TBD)

Speaker: Konstantinos Katsonis (DEDALOS Ltd)

12:00 Presentation by industry #6 (title TBD)

Speaker: Martin Grabe (DLR)

12:15 Presentation by Empresarios Agrupados

Speaker: MARIA ARANDA ROSALES

12:00 → 13:15 Workshop 7 - Long-term In-space Cryogenic Propulsion and ISRU Propellants: Open discussion and close out

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: D. Perigo

12:45 → 13:00 Workshop 1 - High Efficiency Atmospheric-Breathing Electric Propulsion: Summary and conclusions, AOB

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: L. Walpot

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 16:00 Workshop 7 - Long-term In-space Cryogenic Propulsion and ISRU Propellants: Open discussion and close out

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: D. Perigo

14:00 → 14:15 Workshop 8 - Space Tethers: Welcome and Introduction of topic

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

14:15 → 14:45 Workshop 8 - Space Tethers: Discussion on the State of the art and technology roadmap and development needs

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

14:45 → 15:00 Workshop 8 - Space Tethers: Presentation of the white paper, discussion on the received feedback

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

15:00 → 15:45 Workshop 8 - Space Tethers: Presentations by industry

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

15:00 Presentation by industry #1 (title TBD)

Speaker: Charalampos Kosmas (LUNAR CARGO P.C.)

15:15 Presentation by industry #2 (title TBD)

Speaker: Pekka Janhunen (Finnish Meteorological Institute)

15:30 Presentation by industry #3 (title TBD)

Speaker: Rakeshh Mohanarangan (Thales Alenia Space UK)

15:45 → 16:00 Workshop 8 - Space Tethers: Summary and conclusions, AOB

Chair: E. Bosh Borras
Co-chair: D. Di Cara

16:00 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 16:30 Workshop 14 - Innovative Propulsion on Non-Terrestrial Bodies: Welcome and Introduction of topic

Chair: M. Ford
Co-chair: J. Steelant

16:15 → 16:30 Workshop 9 - Beamed Energy Propulsion: Welcome and Introduction of topic

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: N. Arcis

16:30 → 17:00 Workshop 14 - Innovative Propulsion on Non-Terrestrial Bodies: Presentations by industry

Chair: M. Ford
Co-chair: J. Steelant

16:30 Support of Solar system study by using ISRU based electric propulsion : The case of Neptune

Speaker: Konstantinos Katsonis (DEDALOS Ltd)

16:45 Venus navigation and multi landing balloon concept

Speaker: Pere Roca (Airbus Defence and Space)

16:30 → 17:10 Workshop 9 - Beamed Energy Propulsion: Presentations by industry

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: N. Arcis

16:30 Space Sustainability by Laser Propulsion: DLR Research from Launch to Post-Mission Disposal

Speaker: Dr Stefan Scharring (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

17:00 Tour de table

17:00 → 18:00 Workshop 14 - Innovative Propulsion on Non-Terrestrial Bodies: Open discussion

Chair: M. Ford
Co-chair: J. Steelant

17:10 → 17:45 Workshop 9 - Beamed Energy Propulsion: Discussion of roadmap, brain storming on technology needs, gathering of key players in and outside of Europe, current TRL for each major technology

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: N. Arcis

17:45 → 18:00 Workshop 9 - Beamed Energy Propulsion: Summary and conclusions, AOB

Chair: A. Herbertz
Co-chair: N. Arcis

18:30 → 21:30 B2B Buffet Dinner (Menu attached)

Menu Social Dinner 29 June 2023.pdf

Friday 30 June

09:00 → 09:40 Workshop 3 - Rotating and Pulse Detonation Propulsion: Welcome and Introduction of topic

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: C. Jeger

09:00 → 09:45 Workshop 5 - Long Term Storability and Operation of Hydrogen Peroxide: Welcome, Introduction to the workshop, summary of ESA H2O2 Storage and Compatibility study so far

Chair: C. Hunter
Co-chair: F. Valencia

09:40 → 11:00 Workshop 3 - Rotating and Pulse Detonation Propulsion: Presentations by industry, institutes, academia

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: C. Jeger

09:40 Research on Application of Detonative Propulsion to Liquid Rocket Engine

Speaker: Michał Kawalec (Łukasiewicz Research Network- Institute of Aviation)

09:50 Pulse Detonation Engine Experimental Research

Speaker: Mihnea Gall (National Research and Development Institute for Gas Turbines COMOTI Bucharest Romania)

10:00 Measuring Pressure Gain

Speaker: Myles Bohon (Technische Universitaet Berlin)

10:10 RDE technology roadmap at TNO

Speaker: Tim Roos (TNO)

10:20 Developing Numerical Tools for the Simulation of Rotating Detonation Engines

Speaker: Dr Tim Horchler (Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Spacecraft Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR))

10:30 Presentation by ONERA (title TBD)

Speaker: Dmitry Davidenko (ONERA, DMPE)

10:40 High-fidelity numerical and experimental research in detonation engines

Speaker: Bayindir Saracoglu (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics)

10:50 RDC turbomachinery integration

Speaker: Dr Eric Bach (TU Berlin)

09:45 → 11:00 Workshop 5 - Long Term Storability and Operation of Hydrogen Peroxide: Presentations by industry

Chair: C. Hunter
Co-chair: F. Valencia

09:45 Presentation by industry #1 (title TBD)

Speaker: Felix Lauck (DLR Institute of Space Propulsion)

10:00 Presentation by industry #2 (title TBD)

Speaker: Kamil Sobczak (Lukasiewicz - Institute of Aviation)

10:15 Presentation by industry #3 (title TBD)

Speaker: Rakeshh Mohanarangan (Thales Alenia Space UK)

10:30 Presentation by industry #4 (title TBD)

Speaker: Ray Davis (Thales Alenia Space UK)

10:45 Presentation by industry #5 (title TBD)

Speaker: Ulrich Gotzig (ArianeGroup)

11:00 → 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 → 13:00 Workshop 3 - Rotating and Pulse Detonation Propulsion: Feedback on the white paper and close out

Chair: S. Hyde
Co-chair: C. Jeger

11:15 → 12:50 Workshop 5 - Long Term Storability and Operation of Hydrogen Peroxide: Discussions, Q+A, Feedback, Close-out

Chair: C. Hunter
Co-chair: F. Valencia

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 14:15 Workshop 12 - Metallic Propellant for Chemical Propulsion: Welcome and agenda

Chair: M. Ford
Co-chair: L. Delsupexhe

14:00 → 14:30 Workshop 6 - Innovative Aerodynamic Surfaces: Welcome and Introduction of topic

Chair: L. Walpot
Co-chair: S. Schuster

14:15 → 14:30 Workshop 12 - Metallic Propellant for Chemical Propulsion: ESA draft roadmap presentation

Chair: M. Ford
Co-chair: L. Delsupexhe

14:30 → 15:00 Workshop 12 - Metallic Propellant for Chemical Propulsion: Presentations by industry and Q+A

Chair: M. Ford
Co-chair: L. Delsupexhe

14:30 Presentation by Empresarios Agrupados

Speakers: MARIA ARANDA ROSALES, Shankara Coello Escobar (Empresarios Agrupados Internacional)

14:40 Breaking Boundaries: MgH2 Hydrolysis in Space Applications

Speaker: Dr Marcus Vogt (Fraunhofer IFAM)

14:30 → 15:00 Workshop 6 - Innovative Aerodynamic Surfaces: Presentations by industry, institutes, academia

Chair: L. Walpot
Co-chair: S. Schuster

14:30 Aerodynamic Control Surfaces For High Angle Of Attack Descents

Speaker: Christian Hantz (German Aerospace Center)

14:45 Variable geometry subsystems & nature inspired aerostructures

Speaker: Mike Newsam (Stellar Advanced Concepts Ltd)

15:00 → 16:00 Workshop 12 - Metallic Propellant for Chemical Propulsion: Discussion and wrap-up

Chair: M. Ford
Co-chair: L. Delsupexhe

15:00 → 15:50 Workshop 6 - Innovative Aerodynamic Surfaces: White paper discussion

Chair: L. Walpot
Co-chair: S. Schuster

15:50 → 16:00 Workshop 6 - Innovative Aerodynamic Surfaces: Discussion summary

Chair: L. Walpot
Co-chair: S. Schuster

16:00 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 17:15 Wrap-up