The Boeing Company

Arizona State University

James D Kinder

Frederic Zenhausern

Douglas Dean Maben

Jose A Fregnani

Nels A Olson

Ralf Lenigk

Richard P Lorenz

David C Shangraw

Onofre Andrade

Jianing Yang

Jean-Philippe Belieres

Frederick Boyd McGalliard, Iii

Nikolay I Shtanukhin

Noel L Spurlock

Steven L Baughcum

John D Jaquish

An aircraft is provided that includes a fuel storage tank for aviation fuel, and avionics systems interconnected by an avionics bus. The fuel storage tank receives aviation fuel during a fuel uplift for a flight according to a flight plan that includes and depends on a predicted fuel burn determined based on a reference lower heating value (LHV) of the aviation fuel. The avionics systems include temperature and density sensors, and a flight management system (FMS). The temperature and density sensors measure respectively the temperature and density of the aviation fuel. The FMS receives the measurements, estimates an actual LHV that is different from the reference LHV based on the measurements, and determines an adjusted predicted fuel burn for the flight based on the predicted fuel burn and the actual LHV. The FMS displays the adjusted predicted fuel burn and enable adjustment of the flight plan based thereon.

Fuel burn adjustment based on measured lower heating value

A rechargeable battery is externally heated to induce thermal runaway, and material expelled from the battery is analyzed.

Analysis of rechargeable batteries

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for collecting samples using hybrid porous materials that include an organic material and an inorganic material. A method for sample collection includes contacting a hybrid porous material and a biological sample to the porous material. The hybrid porous material includes an inorganic material and an organic material. The method includes placing the porous material with the attached sample in a liquid medium, wherein the sample is separated from the porous material in the liquid medium to form a separated sample, and collecting the separated sample in the medium.

Porous materials for biological sample collection

Growing community of inventors

Bellevue, WA, United States of America

James D Kinder