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SITRAER Proceedings · XIX SITRAER 2022

SITRAER Proceedings – XIX SITRAER (2022)

Life Cycle Cost Optimization for e-VTOL Charging and Support Infrastructure Planning in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility

  • Caio Gonçalves Natalino
  • Henrique Costa Marques
  • João Pedro Pinheiro Malère

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA)

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Event
XIX SITRAER – São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil, October 25–27, 2022
Volume
Proceedings of SITRAER 2022 – Air Transportation Symposium · ISSN 2448-1912
Pages
465–474
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Transporte Aéreo (SBTA)
Editors
Giovanna Miceli Ronzani Borille, Rogéria de Arantes Gomes, Evandro José da Silva, Mauro Caetano, Cláudia Azevedo Pereira

Abstract

Seeking to minimize traffic congestion in cities, the aeronautical industry has recently intensified the exploration of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), focusing its efforts on developing electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (e-VTOL) configurations and their supporting systems. The urban on-demand e-VTOL scenario requires a large dispersion of support infrastructure points and high operational dynamism. The current energy density of e-VTOL electric batteries makes their range limited, and electrical energy supply must be performed through charging or swapping stations during operation. There is a gap concerning modeling for urban e-VTOL to allow the operator, from the perspective of life cycle cost and fleet availability, to plan a cost-efficient allocation of its fleet support and energy supply infrastructure. This work addresses the development of a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) optimization model based on UAM e-VTOL support and energy supply infrastructure planning and allocation. The model was divided into two main steps: the energy supply infrastructure allocation; and the support, logistics, and spare parts supply network allocation. For the former, a Genetic Algorithm was applied to find optimal locations for energy supply infrastructure, minimizing LCC. We conduct the optimization of the spare parts for the latter in Systecon OPUS10. We implemented an e-VTOL as an air taxi operation in the city of São Paulo case study to verify the effectiveness of the model. As a result of the work, it was obtained the case study’s LCC and the location and number of energy stations within the e-VTOL support infrastructure network for both battery-swapping and plug-in charging systems. The methodology and algorithms used proved efficient for planning the support and energy supply infrastructure for urban on-demand e-VTOL, given systems specifications and the operational profile. In addition, it was possible to compare both energy supply concepts in terms of LCC.

Keywords: e-VTOL; Urban Air Mobility; Supportability; Facility Location Problem; Charging Station Allocation Optimization

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ABNT

NATALINO, Caio Gonçalves; MARQUES, Henrique Costa; MALÈRE, João Pedro Pinheiro. Life Cycle Cost Optimization for e-VTOL Charging and Support Infrastructure Planning in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility. In: SIMPÓSIO DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO, 19., 2022, São José dos Campos. Anais [...]. São José dos Campos: SBTA, 2022. p. 465-474. ISSN 2448-1912. Disponível em: https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2022-sit194.html.

APA

Natalino, C. G., Marques, H. C., & Malère, J. P. P. (2022). Life Cycle Cost Optimization for e-VTOL Charging and Support Infrastructure Planning in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility. In G. M. R. Borille, R. A. Gomes, E. J. Silva, M. Caetano, & C. A. Pereira (Eds.), Proceedings of SITRAER 2022 – Air Transportation Symposium (pp. 465–474). SBTA. https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2022-sit194.html

BibTeX
@inproceedings{natalino2022life,
  author = {Natalino, Caio Gonçalves and Marques, Henrique Costa and Malère, João Pedro Pinheiro},
  title = {{Life Cycle Cost Optimization for e-VTOL Charging and Support Infrastructure Planning in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of SITRAER 2022 – Air Transportation Symposium},
  editor = {Borille, Giovanna Miceli Ronzani and Gomes, Rogéria de Arantes and Silva, Evandro José da and Caetano, Mauro and Pereira, Cláudia Azevedo},
  pages = {465--474},
  year = {2022},
  address = {São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil},
  publisher = {Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Transporte Aéreo (SBTA)},
  issn = {2448-1912},
  url = {https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2022-sit194.html}
}