The Boeing Company

Alberto Ferrer

Anil Kumar

Kesav Ram Rayaprolu

Mark Stephen Shander

Terrance L Thomas

Steven Mark Walstrom

Michael B McAvoy

Jon J Dhondt

Joseph M Keegan

Kent A Pflugrath

Donald W Schultz

Kesav R Rayaprolu

A method for calculating solar irradiance over a predetermined time period for a geographical area including a plurality of geographical points is described. The method is implemented by a computing device coupled to a weather database. The method includes receiving a first identifier corresponding to a beginning of the predetermined time period and a second identifier corresponding to an ending of the predetermined time period, receiving weather data from the weather database, generating a model of diffuse light and atmosphere attenuation, based at least on the first identifier, the second identifier, and the weather data, determining solar parameters, and determining an amount of solar irradiance for each geographical point for each of a plurality of time intervals within the predetermined time period, based at least on the model and the solar parameters.

Systems and methods for simulating time phased solar irradiance plots

A real-time galley power management and fault monitoring system for an aircraft manages a status of power consumption of a plurality of galley inserts inside a galley complex of an aircraft and monitors fault status of each galley insert of the plurality of galley inserts.

Real time galley power management and fault monitoring system

An apparatus for managing aircraft health data includes a wireless network server disposed onboard an aircraft, and at least one wireless condition monitoring device disposed onboard the aircraft, wirelessly connected to the wireless network server and configured to transmit respective health data to the wireless network server based on a communication scheme that maintains an availability of an aircraft wireless network.

Apparatus and method for wirelessly managing aircraft health data

A method for predicting electrical energy production of a photovoltaic system included in at least one aircraft is described. The method includes determining a first predicted amount of solar irradiance for each of a plurality of geographical points, determining a second predicted amount of solar irradiance received by the at least one aircraft along a flight path of the at least one aircraft, wherein the flight path includes a subset of the plurality of geographical points, and wherein the second predicted amount is based at least in part on the first predicted amount, and determining a predicted amount of electrical energy produced by the photovoltaic system along the flight path, based at least in part on the second predicted amount.

Systems and methods for estimating net solar energy production for airborne photovoltaic systems

A system and method for performing build verification of equipment systems after being installed in a partially constructed vehicle portion. After installing one or more of prerequisite equipment systems during a current build stage of a vehicle build plan, the installed equipment systems are tested during the current build stage to determine whether the installed equipment systems are electrically connected correctly.

System and method for vehicle build verification

A system and methods to simulate a power profile of an electrical system are disclosed. A combination of electrical devices operable to be electrically coupled to a common power source is virtually assembled, and empirically derived dynamic power requirements associated with each of the electrical devices are modeled. Power profiles for at least one electrical system configuration comprising the combination of electrical devices are generated using the empirically derived dynamic power requirements.

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Bothell, WA, United States of America

Alberto Ferrer