VALORIE

Validate Operations to Reduce Impact on Environment

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'VALORIE (VALidate Operations to Reduce Impact on Environment) aims to support Systems for Green Operations ITD in validation of novel, environment-aware practices of aircraft take-off and cruise against a wide spectrum of available operational expertise. The modelling of a broader operational environment that includes ATC, airports, CFMU, etc. can be well done by advanced simulation and gaming techniques. Moreover, there is a mature methodology available to do air transport industry-related validation, namely E-OCVM. However, validation is usually conducted by a group of experts coming from the same operator. This approach (governed by the fact that gathering experts from different employers is a challenging task) prevents the heterogeneity that would be by implicitly beneficial for the outcome validation. Experts doing their daily work in the same corporate environment are trained for the same company processes. This leads to similar approach to the validation subject and results in similar opinions at the end.

VALORIE is a project that puts emphasis on increased heterogenity of the expert group validating operational scenarios provided by SGO. This approach will result in an added value generated by the synergy of opinions coming from experts working in the same field of air transport industry but being aware of different company practices and policies.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Validating different functions in aircraft operation to reduce environmental impacts is helping to make the sector more competitive and sustainable.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Improved energy management in the aviation sector is pivotal for reducing environmental impacts and combating both air pollution and sound pollution. Specifically, this requires a more streamlined fuel policy and reducing the impact of air traffic management on the environment. In this context, the EU-funded project 'Validate operations to reduce impact on environment' (VALORIE) supported the development of proper fuel policy to render aviation more sustainable.

To achieve its aims, the project team worked closely with Clean Sky, the key aeronautical research programme in Europe that works on increasing environmental performance of aircraft and air transport. Specifically, VALORIE sought to widen the circle of experts to conduct aviation-related validation based on the European Operational Concept Validation Methodology.

Improving validation involved identifying key performance indicators to help in the complex process of reducing environmental impacts through different aviation functions. It also defined two specific functions in the sector, namely Multi-Criteria Departure Procedure and Adaptive Increased Glide Slope in order to further the project's objectives. VALORIE also completed the definition of reference and operational scenarios with respect to the maintenance control and display panel function, leading to comprehensive operational validation of all the new functions studied by Clean Sky.

This paved the way for actual validation of the different scenarios by active flight crew members and ground personnel. The results of the validations and generally from the project will boost the efforts of Clean Sky to achieve a more sustainable aviation sector. In the long run, this is bound to buoy the competitiveness and primacy of the EU in this important sector.