TY  - GEN
A1  - Keimer, Jona
A1  - Girbig, Leo
A1  - Mayntz, Joscha
A1  - Tegtmeyer, Philipp
A1  - Wendland, Frederik
A1  - Dahman, Peter
A1  - Fisher, Alex
A1  - Dorrington, Graham
T1  - Flight mission optimization for eco-efficiency in consideration of electric regeneration and atmospheric conditions
T2  - AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum
N2  - The development and operation of hybrid or purely electrically powered aircraft in regional air mobility is a significant challenge for the entire aviation sector. This technology is expected to lead to substantial advances in flight performance, energy efficiency, reliability, safety, noise reduction, and exhaust emissions. Nevertheless, any consumed energy results in heat or carbon dioxide emissions and limited electric energy storage capabilities suppress commercial use. Therefore, the significant challenges to achieving eco-efficient aviation are increased aircraft efficiency, the development of new energy storage technologies, and the optimization of flight operations. Two major approaches for higher eco-efficiency are identified: The first one, is to take horizontal and vertical atmospheric motion phenomena into account. Where, in particular, atmospheric waves hold exciting potential. The second one is the use of the regeneration ability of electric aircraft. The fusion of both strategies is expected to improve efficiency. The objective is to reduce energy consumption during flight while not neglecting commercial usability and convenient flight characteristics. Therefore, an optimized control problem based on a general aviation class aircraft has to be developed and validated by flight experiments. The formulated approach enables a development of detailed knowledge of the potential and limitations of optimizing flight missions, considering the capability of regeneration and atmospheric influences to increase efficiency and range.
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4118
N1  - AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, June 27-July 1, 2022 Chicago, IL & Virtual
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  -