Aircraft Surface Management Service

据媒体报道，COVID-19对全球交通运输产生了巨大影响，与2019年的数据相比，2020年4月至6月的欧盟乘客人数减少了90%。这意味着许多航空公司报告大量失业，世界各地的一些航空公司倒闭。这意味着节约成本对航空公司来说比以前更加重要，他们正在寻求降低燃油消耗作为实现这一目标的一种手段。全球运输是碳排放的主要来源，因此也是气候变化的一个贡献者。在政府立法和客户压力的鼓励下，全球航空业继续寻求减少该行业碳排放量的方法。飞机外表面上的污垢沉积物会降低飞机在空中飞行的容易程度，因此会增加飞机燃烧的燃料量。这可能只占百分之几，但在多架飞机上，温室气体排放量的增加是显着的，航空公司的额外成本可能非常大。与航空业合作，Intercede Ventures Ltd（IVL），由分包商，西英格兰大学，布里斯托（UWE）支持，已经发明了一种新的系统，以帮助航空公司减少与由于污垢沉积物引起的燃料消耗相关的支出，并且因此，另外地，增强航空公司的“生态证书”。IVL的飞机表面管理（IASM）系统为航空公司提供了一个完整的解决方案，以促进其飞机的清洁管理。它包括一个新的分析仪来测量飞机表面上的污垢沉积物（为了方便和安全，测量是从地面执行的，在待测量的表面上照射光束），以及软件来计算与所测量的污垢沉积物相关的燃料消耗相关的成本，以确定是否需要清洁。它还将被验证，以证明使用该系统的飞机减少了碳足迹，这对航空公司来说是至关重要的数据，与2020年生效的新要求有关。此外，还将开发算法和相关软件，以分析新仪器的数据，从而指示何时应清洁飞机。最后，将在工作飞机上进行为期2个月的试验。在该项目中进行的试验将验证IASM服务通过为航空公司机队中的每架飞机定制清洁，相对于当前标准行业方法降低燃料消耗的能力。

As reported in the media, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on global transportation, with EU passenger numbers down by 90% in April to June 2020 compared with 2019 figures. This has meant many airlines are reporting large numbers of job losses and some airlines across the world collapsing. The means that cost saving is even more critical to airlines than previously and they are looking to reduce fuel consumption as a means of achieving this.A major producer of carbon emissions, and consequently a contributor to climate change, is global transportation. Encouraged by government legislation and customer pressure, the global aviation sector continues to seek methods to reduce the amount of carbon generated by the industry. Dirt deposits on aircraft exterior surfaces can reduce the ease with which an aircraft can fly through the air and, consequently, increase the amount of fuel the aircraft burns. This may only amount to a few percent, but across multiple aircraft over an extended period the increase in greenhouses gases emitted is significant and the additional costs for an airline can be extremely large.Working with the airline industry, Intercede Ventures Ltd (IVL), supported by a subcontractor, the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE), have invented a new system to help airlines to reduce expenditure associated with fuel consumption due to dirt deposits, and consequently, additionally, enhance an airlines 'eco-credentials'. IVL's Aircraft Surface Management (IASM) system provides a complete solution for airlines to facilitate management of the cleaning of their aircraft. It includes a novel analyser to measure dirt deposits on an aircraft's surface (for ease and safety the measurement is performed from the ground, shining optical beams at the surface to be measured), together with software to calculate a cost associated with the fuel consumption related to the measured dirt deposits, in order to determine if cleaning is required. It will also be validated to evidence the reduced carbon footprints for aircraft using the system, which represents vitally important data for airlines in relation new requirements which come in to force in 2020\.In this project, the surface analyser instrument will be developed and tested on aircraft structures. In addition, algorithms and associated software will be developed to analyse data from the new instrument to indicate when an aircraft should be cleaned. Finally, trials will be performed on working aircraft over a period of 2 months. The trial performed in this project will verify the ability of the IASM service to reduce fuel consumption relative to current standard industry approach, by tailoring cleaning for each aircraft within an airline's fleet.