Electric Aircraft Battery Reserve Calculation by Flight Mode
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Electric aircraft lack effective methods for accurately determining remaining energy reserves during flight, which is crucial for safe operational decisions and efficient flight planning.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method utilizing a processor and sensing devices to measure battery pack parameters, determine reserve energy based on flight mode, and calculate a resource remaining datum, enabling informed flight planning and real-time energy management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If no energy monitoring system is implemented, then the aircraft structure remains simple, but pilots cannot make informed operational decisions about remaining energy
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is integrated into the existing flight management architecture, allowing the same hardware platform to serve multiple functions including energy monitoring, flight parameter tracking, and operational decision support, thereby reducing overall system complexity while providing comprehensive energy information
Solution Approach 2:
A dedicated energy monitoring module acts as an intermediary between the battery pack and the flight management system, processing raw battery parameters and presenting processed energy reserve information to pilots, which simplifies the information flow and decision-making process
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive battery parameters are measured and processed, then energy reserve determination accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The battery monitoring system divides the complex task of energy reserve determination into separate functional modules: voltage measurement, current measurement, temperature monitoring, and computational estimation, allowing each module to process specific parameters independently and reduce overall computational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing of battery parameters by continuously measuring and storing voltage, current, and temperature data before flight operations, and by pre-calculating energy consumption rates for different flight conditions, thereby reducing real-time computational requirements during actual flight
3Reliability
If real-time energy monitoring is implemented, then operational safety is improved, but energy consumption of the monitoring system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system uses periodic sampling of battery parameters at optimized intervals rather than continuous monitoring, measuring voltage, current, and temperature at specific time points during flight phases, which reduces computational load and energy consumption while maintaining sufficient accuracy for safety decisions
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system leverages existing aircraft power and data infrastructure to operate, drawing power from the battery it monitors and utilizing existing flight management computer resources for processing, thereby minimizing additional energy consumption while providing comprehensive safety information
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for determining a resource remaining datum of an electric aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive aircraft data from at least a sensing device, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to measure at least a parameter of a battery pack of the electric aircraft and generate aircraft data as a function of the at least a parameter of the battery pack of the electric aircraft. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to determine a reserve energy as a function of a flight mode of the electric aircraft and determine a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the battery pack of the electric aircraft.