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Projecte llegit

Títol: Análisis y requisitos de la infraestructura para los eVTOL

Estudiants que han llegit aquest projecte:

Director/a: MALDONADO DIAZ, OSCAR

Departament: FIS

Títol: Análisis y requisitos de la infraestructura para los eVTOL

Data inici oferta: 13-09-2022     Data finalització oferta: 13-04-2023


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
Vertipuerto, Infraestructura UAM, eVTOL, Diseño vertipuertos, Urban Air Mobility, taxi aéreo
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
Se estudiará el estado actual de las infraestructuras y los posibles requisitos necesarios para desarrollar una red que puedan acoger los eVTOL
 
Overview (resum en anglès):
The latest technological advances have driven the development of a new generation of more efficient and quieter aircraft that combine the necessary properties for operation in highly restricted urban environments. The arrival of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) to the global market will not only be aligned with the objectives of governments and international organizations of decarbonizing transport, but also enable a new way of moving that will help in the decongestion of existing transport infrastructures. However, eVTOLs will not be the only component of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem, since for their implementation, cities will need to have the proper ground infrastructure for their operation, electric charge, and maintenance: vertiports.

The number of available vertiports will limit the capacity and performance of the vertical mobility system, so its design and deployment in the cities should be meticulously planned. Although, the absence of references and real practical scenarios (because of the nonexistence of vertiports) raises challenges due to the unawareness and lack of understanding of vertical mobility needs. As a new infrastructure concept, it will have to meet a series of requirements different from those already known in other transports.

This Final Degree Project focuses on the analysis and study of the necessary infrastructure to support the operations of manned eVTOL. To this end, the work contextualizes the state and evolution of the UAM, as well as an analysis of the challenges and limitations for its integration. A study of trends of the most advanced aircraft prototypes is also carried out. Next, the existing regulatory framework is examined, and the fundamental technical requirements that the infrastructure must contemplate are discussed. Vertiport projects under development are also studied. Finally, a proposal for the design of a vertiport for the air taxi service in Barcelona is presented, whose feasibility is evaluated. It is carried out according to the PTS-DSN-VPT of the EASA and based on the aircraft studied at the beginning of the work.

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