SUPERVISORY CONTROL FOR INTEGRATED POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF PROPULSION SYSTEMS BACKGROUND

• Main Authors: AMARI, Martin, ERNST, Jeffrey, ILAK, Milos, CHAKRABORTY, Abhijit, POLLOCK, Daniel T, ROCHFORD, Edmund Emmett, CHEVVA, Konda Reddy, HEGLUND, William S, DING, Jerry
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.06.2024
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TRANSPORTING

A system including a supervisory controller configured to receive one or more mission objectives for an aircraft mission, and condition data; a memory for storing program instructions; at least one local supervisory controller, operatively coupled to the memory, and in communication with the supervisory controller and operative to execute program instructions to: simulate execution of the aircraft mission to address at least one of the one or more mission objectives; receive data output from at least one subsystem, the data output including a measurement of an aircraft physical system; generate a mission plan executable to address at least one of the one or more mission objectives via manipulation of the at least one subsystem; receive the generated mission plan at a subsystem controller directly from the at least one local supervisory controller; and automatically execute the generated mission plan to operate an aircraft.