An automated system tracks and records factors that affect fuel consumption. Configuration factors such as the actual engine(s) used in the airplane (102), weight, weight distribution, engine pressure, engine rotation speeds, etc.; environmental factors such as wind speed and direction, temperature, altitude and air pressure, etc.; and flight path factors such as actual route flown, distance flown, take-off/landing requirements for the airports, etc. are tracked and recorded. The resulting data is used to "normalize" the fuel efficiency of each airplane and engine. Normalized data for an airline's fleet of airplanes and engines are used to find optimal airplane/engine combinations for the routes serviced by the airline. The collected data itself can be sent from the aircraft during flight or, a notification message can be sent from the aircraft to the airline computer system (104) to have the collected data downloaded from the airplane at the next landing.
FUEL CONSUMPTION DATA TRACKING/COLLECTION AND AIRCRAFT/ROUTE OPTIMIZATION
TREIBSTOFFVERBRAUCHSDATENVERFOLGUNG/-ERFASSUNG UND FLUGZEUG-/ROUTENOPTIMIERUNG
SUIVI/COLLECTE DE DONNÉES DE CONSOMMATION DE CARBURANT ET OPTIMISATION D'AÉRONEF/ITINÉRAIRE
2019-02-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G06Q Datenverarbeitungssysteme oder -verfahren, besonders angepasst an verwaltungstechnische, geschäftliche, finanzielle oder betriebswirtschaftliche Zwecke, sowie an geschäftsbezogene Überwachungs- oder Voraussagezwecke , DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
FUEL CONSUMPTION DATA COLLECTION AND ROUTE OPTIMIZATION FOR A FLEET OF AIRCRAFT
European Patent Office | 2017
|MODELLING EXTRA AIRCRAFT FUEL CONSUMPTION IN AN EN-ROUTE AIRSPACE ENVIRONMENT
Online Contents | 1994
|Modelling extra aircraft fuel consumption in an en‐route airspace environment
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1994
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1932
|Estimation of aircraft fuel consumption
NTRS | 1982
|