Preflight temperature management of an electric aircraft energy source
AssigneeBeta Air, LLC
InventorsSarah Overfield, Richard Donnelly
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Abstract
The present invention is systems and methods for preflight temperature management of an energy source of an electric aircraft. The system may include a sensor attached to an energy source of an electric aircraft, where the sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the energy source and generate a corresponding temperature datum. A computing device communicatively connected to the sensor may receive the temperature datum and determine the readiness of the electric aircraft for flight based on the temperature of the energy source. If the electric aircraft is not considered ready by the computing device, then an energy source modification may be initiated that changes the temperature of the energy source.
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A preflight temperature management system for an energy source of an electric aircraft, the system comprising:
- a first sensor configured to generate a first temperature datum of a first energy source of an electric aircraft;
- a computing device located on the electric aircraft and communicatively connected to the first sensor, the computing device configured to:
- receive the first temperature datum from the first sensor;
- identify a first current condition of the first energy source as a function of the first temperature datum;
- determine a first temperature anomaly comprising a first quantitative divergence value above a first threshold associated with the first energy source as a function of the first current condition and a first optimal temperature parameter;
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- selectively initiate an energy source modification of the first energy source as a function of the first temperature anomaly to perform an operation utilizing a first thermal management component comprising:
- a first vent configured to contain a fluid, comprising a coolant, that traverses therethrough, the first vent comprising:
- a first first section;
- a first second section that runs proximately along in thermal communication with the first energy source and is in fluid communication with the first first section of the vent;
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- a first vent valve moveably connected to the first vent wherein the first vent valve is configured to:
- prevent, in a closed position, the fluid from traversing from the first first section of the first vent to the first second section of the vent;
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- allow, in an open position, the fluid to traverse from the first first section of the vent to the first second section of the first vent, such that thermal communication between the flow of the fluid and the first energy source is selectively controllable.
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A method for preflight temperature management for an energy source of an electric aircraft, the method comprising:
- generating, by a first sensor communicatively connected to a first energy source of an electric aircraft and a computing device located on the electric aircraft, a first temperature datum of the first energy source;
- identifying, by the computing device, a first current condition of the first energy source as a function of the first temperature datum;
- determining, by the computing device, a first temperature anomaly comprising a first quantitative divergence value above a first threshold as a function of a first optimal temperature parameter and the first current condition of the first energy source;
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- initiating, selectively, by the computing device, an energy source modification of the first energy source to perform an operation utilizing a first thermal management component comprising:
- a first vent configured to contain a fluid, comprising a coolant, that traverses therethrough, the first vent comprising:
- a first first section;
- a first second section that runs proximally along in thermal communication with the first energy source and is in fluid communication with the first first section of the vent;
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- a first vent valve moveably connected to the first vent wherein the first vent valve is configured to:
- prevent, in a closed position, the fluid from traversing from the first first section of the first vent to the first second section of the vent;
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- allow, in an open position, the fluid to traverse from the first first section of the vent to the first second section of the first vent valve, such that thermal communication between the flow of the fluid and the first energy source is selectively controllable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.