Progress in Sustainable Aviation looks at recent progress and new technological developments in sustainable aviation, presenting readers with engineering solutions and methodologies for efficiency and cost savings, performance improvement, and emission reduction. Coverage includes alternative fuel types, propulsion technologies, and emission technologies used in different aerial vehicles, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, and passenger aircraft. Operational areas, such as the building of green airports, commercial air transport, and maintenance management are also addressed. This collection will be a valuable reference for researchers, practicing engineers, scientists, and students working in the area of sustainable aviation technology and management.
- Looks at recent progress in sustainable aviation technologies;
- Presents alternative aviation fuel types and propulsion technologies;
- Includes case studies and practical applications.
Author(s): T. Hikmet Karakoc, Can Ozgur Colpan, Alper Dalkiran
Series: Sustainable Aviation
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 177
City: Cham
Foundations of Sustainable Aviation: Efficiency Editorial
Contents
Chapter 1: Asset Tag Design Practices in Airports: A Case Study of CMMS Configuration
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Design of Asset Tags and Location Tags in Line with Relational Databases
1.2.1 Asset Tag Design Criteria
1.2.2 Location Tag Design Criteria
1.3 Storing Maintenance History in CMMS
1.3.1 Relation of Cost Analysis with Maintenance Life Cycle
1.4 Results and Discussion
1.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Swarm Architecture of UAVs
2.1 The Architecture of Swarm UAVs
2.2 Navigation and Control of Swarm UAVs
2.2.1 Sensors and Software of Swarm UAVs
GNSS and GNSS & INS-Based Relative Navigation of Swarm UAVs
Vision Sensors-Based Relative Navigation of Swarm UAVs
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)-Based Relative Navigation of Swarm UAVs
Laser-/Lidar-Based Relative Navigation of Swarm UAVs
Comparison Between GNNS and Vision-Based Relative Navigation of Swarm UAVs
State Vector Estimation Algorithms of Swarm UAVs
2.3 Mission Approaches in Swarm UAV Concept
2.4 Results and Discussion
2.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Current State of the Art of Modelling and Simulation of Propulsion Systems for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methodology
3.3 Mathematical Model Studies
3.3.1 Power System Level Architecture Concepts
3.3.2 Power Electronics Component Models
High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Materials-Based Electric Motors
Dynamic Modelling of HTS Synchronous Motors
Direct Torque Control of HTS Synchronous Motors
3.3.3 Batteries and Fault Detection in Batteries
Full Order Modelling of the Lithium-Air Cell
Ion Transport in the Electrolyte
Generic Concentrated Solution Theory
Porosity of the Carbon Cathode Electrode
The Complete Finite Difference Equations of the Distributed Model
Reduced Order Modelling of a Li-Air Cell
Typical Simulation-Based Response of a Li-Air Cell
Fault Detection in Batteries
3.4 Conclusion
References
4: Sustainability Metrics for Aero Gas Turbine Engines
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Turbofan Engine Description and Data
4.2.1 General Description
4.2.2 Combustion Relation and Specific Heat Capacity
4.2.3 Thermodynamic Data of the Engine
4.3 Sustainability Metrics for Aero Gas Turbine Engines
4.3.1 General Aviation Metrics for Sustainable Aviation
4.3.2 Energy-Based Metrics for Sustainable Aviation
4.3.3 Exergy-Based Metrics for Sustainable Aviation
4.3.4 Environmental Metrics for Sustainable Aviation
4.3.5 Sustainability Metrics for Sustainable Aviation
4.4 Results and Discussion
4.4.1 The Results of General Aviation Metrics
4.4.2 The Results of Energy-Based Sustainability Metrics
4.4.3 The Results of Exergy-Based Sustainability Metrics
4.4.4 The Results of Environmental-Based Sustainable Aviation Metrics
4.4.5 The Results of Sustainability-Based Aviation Metrics
4.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: The Effect of Porosity on Performance in a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 Energy Storage in Aircraft Systems
5.1.2 Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
5.2 Polarization of VRFB
5.3 Results and Discussion
5.3.1 The Porosity Effects on the Concentration Polarization
5.3.2 The Porosity Effects on the Ohmic Polarization
5.3.3 The Porosity Effects on the Activation Polarization
5.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Aircraft Sequencing and Scheduling Problem
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Problem Definition
6.3 Mathematical Model
6.4 Meta-Heuristic Algorithms
6.4.1 Tabu Search Algorithm
6.4.2 Simulated Annealing
6.4.3 The Genetic Algorithm
6.5 Computational Results
6.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: Fundamentals of Sustainable Airline Maintenance Management
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Requirement and Importance of Aircraft Maintenance Planning
7.3 Aircraft Maintenance Planning´s Goals and Objectives
7.3.1 The Relations of Airworthiness and Sustainability
7.4 The Approaches in the Development of Aircraft Maintenance Programme
7.4.1 Maintenance Steering Group Processes
7.4.2 Maintenance Review Board Report
7.5 Time Intervals Used in Aircraft Maintenance Planning
7.5.1 Transit Controls
7.5.2 Hourly Limited Controls
7.5.3 Operating Cycle Limit Checks
7.5.4 Letter Checks
7.6 The Relations of Sustainability and Maintenance
7.7 Results and Discussion
References
Chapter 8: Lean Six Sigma Application for Aircraft Maintenance Process
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 The Lean Paradigm
8.1.2 Lean Tools and Techniques
8.1.3 Lean Six Sigma
8.1.4 Lean Thinking Within the MRO
8.2 Methodology
8.2.1 Aircraft Engine Maintenance Using Proposed Method
8.3 Results and Discussion
8.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 9: Investigation of Heat Loss by Radiation and Convective from External Surface of Airport Buildings
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Materials and Method
9.2.1 Radiative Heat Loss Calculation
9.2.2 Convective Heat Loss Calculation
9.2.3 The Parameters Used in Calculations
9.3 Results and Discussion
9.4 Conclusion
References
Index
