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US 12,522,372 B2Granted
Systems and methods for increasing fuel efficiency for an aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsPrasad Rao Piradi, Gurender Singh
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Abstract
A system and a method include a control unit configured to receive data regarding an aircraft, and determine, based on the data, one or more economy speeds for the aircraft to fly between a departure airport and an arrival airport.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a control unit configured to:
- receive data regarding an aircraft, wherein the data comprises a cost index and a penalty factor, wherein the cost index is a numerical value used to balance fuel costs against time savings, and wherein the penalty factor is based on performance data of the aircraft, a route of the aircraft, a tail of the aircraft, a flight phase of the aircraft, and a gross weight of the aircraft;
- and
- determine, based on the data comprising the cost index and the penalty factor, one or more economy speeds for the aircraft to fly between a departure airport and an arrival airport.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a control unit, data regarding an aircraft, wherein the data comprises a cost index and a penalty factor, wherein the cost index is a numerical value used to balance fuel costs against time savings, and wherein the penalty factor is based on performance data of the aircraft, a route of the aircraft, a tail of the aircraft, a flight phase of the aircraft, and a gross weight of the aircraft;
- and
- determining, by the control unit, based on the data comprising the cost index and the penalty factor, one or more economy speeds for the aircraft to fly between a departure airport and an arrival airport.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more control units comprising a processor, to perform operations comprising:
- receiving data regarding an aircraft, wherein the data comprises a cost index and a penalty factor, wherein the cost index is a numerical value used to balance fuel costs against time savings, and wherein the penalty factor is based on performance data of the aircraft, a route of the aircraft, a tail of the aircraft, a flight phase of the aircraft, and a gross weight of the aircraft;
- and
- determining, based on the data comprising the cost index and the penalty factor, one or more economy speeds for the aircraft to fly between a departure airport and an arrival airport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.