01.2 - Aircraft Design and Integrated System (Applications)
ENERGY AND EMISSION ANALYSIS OF AN AIR-TAXI SERVICE USING DYNAMIC EVTOL SYSTEM MODELS
N. Prabhakar¹, F. Salucci¹, D. Karbowski¹; ¹Argonne National Laboratory, United States
Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) Vehicles, given their size and power requirements can serve asrnthe perfect test-beds to study the feasibility of sustainable powerplants. At Argonne National Laboratory, wernhave been developing a 6-degrees of freedom eVTOL model, using Aeronomie to understand, predict, andrneventually optimize the impact these aircraft will have on our current energy, emissions, and mobilityrninfrastructure. This model can simulate the aircraft and powerplant dynamics for a thrust-vectoring eVTOLrnaircraft. In this paper we will analyze a hypothetical air-taxi service during the LA 2028 Olympics. Vertiports willrnbe located at major stadiums around the city, which will be connected through eVTOL air-taxis. The final paperrnwill discuss total energy use and emissions for different fleet sizes and estimate charging-turnaround timernrelationships for such a service.