doc-calculator 0.5.0

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Aircraft Operating Costs Calculator

doc_calculator is a Python package designed to calculate Direct Operating Costs (DOC) and Indirect Operating Costs (IOC) for short-haul and medium-haul aircraft. It supports both regional and large transport categories, and includes modules for hybrid-electric aircraft configurations.

Features

• Compute Direct Operating Costs (DOC) and Indirect Operating Costs (IOC)

• Supports both conventional and hybrid-electric propulsion systems

• Cost modules for:

  • Fuel, Electricity and Hydrogen consumption
  • Financial costs anlsysis including Depreciation, Interests and Insurance
  • Charges and Fees:
    • Landing
    • Payload Handling
    • Navigation
    • Noise Emissions
    • CO Emissions
    • NOx Emissions
    • CO2 Emissions (EU ETS)
  • Maintenance costs for:
    • Airframe
    • Turboprop Engines
    • Propulsive Batteries
    • Fuel Cells
    • Electric Machines
    • Power Electronics
  • Crew Handling costs:
    • Pilots costs
    • Cabin Crew costs

• The package includes a ready-to-use GEMSEO discipline to allow integration with multidisciplinary design analysis (MDA) and optimization (MDO) workflows based on the GEMSEO framework.

Installation

Install the package using pip:

pip install doc-calculator

Usage

Import the DirectOperatingCost class

from doc_calculator import DirectOperatingCost

Prepare Aircraft Input Dictionary

aircraft_data = {
    "adp": 85,            # Aircraft Delivery Price (USD M)
    "mtow": 70,           # Max Take-off Weight (Tonnes)
    "pld": 18,            # Payload (Tonnes)
    "mew": 40,            # Manufacturer Empty Weight (Tonnes)
    "bengw": 1.2,         # Bare engine weight (Tonnes)
    "enpri": 6.5,         # Engine Price (USD M)
    "en": 2,              # Number of engines
    "crewtech": 2,
    "crewc": 4,
    "bt": 1.5,            # Sector Block Time (Hours)
    "bf": 2500,           # Sector Block Fuel (KG)
    "sector": 600,        # Sector length (NM)
    "ieng": 1,
    "shp": 25000,         # Shaft Horse Power (for ieng = 1)
    "eoc": 0.0,           # (Only used if ieng = 2)
    "afspare": 0.1,
    "enspare": 0.3,
    "dyrs": 15,
    "rval": 0.15,
    "rinsh": 0.005,
    "crtechr": 200,
    "crcabhr": 50,
    "labor_rate": 90,
    "fuelpri": 1.8,
    "ioc_fact": 0.65,
    "util": 2800,
    "lifespan": 20,
    "l_app": 95.0,
    "l_lat": 94.0,
    "l_flyov": 96.0,
    "cnox": 5,
    "nox_value": 200,
    "cco": 4,
    "co_value": 150,
    "co2_value": 10000,
    "prico2": 0.02,
}

Note: Many parameters are optional depending on configuration. Refer to the full list of accepted keys in the docstring of the __init__ method for more customization.

Create DirectOperatingCost Object and Run Calculations

doc_calculator = DirectOperatingCost(aircraft=aircraft_data)

# Calculate DOC
doc_result = doc_calculator.calculate_doc()
for key, value in doc_result.items():
  print(f"{key}:\t{value}")

# Calculate IOC
ioc_result = doc_calculator.calculate_ioc()
for key, value in ioc_result.items():
  print(f"{key}:\t{value}")

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To use the GEMSEO discipline, import the GemseoDirectOperatingCost class

from doc_calculator import GemseoDirectOperatingCost
import numpy as np

Prepare Aircraft Input Dictionary. Make sure to use Numpy arrays.

aircraft_data = {
    "adp": np.array([85]),            # Aircraft Delivery Price (USD M)
    "mtow": np.array([70]),           # Max Take-off Weight (Tonnes)
    "pld": np.array([18]),            # Payload (Tonnes)
    "mew": np.array([40]),            # Manufacturer Empty Weight (Tonnes)
    "bengw": np.array([1.2]),         # Bare engine weight (Tonnes)
    "enpri": np.array([6.5]),         # Engine Price (USD M)
    "en": np.array([2]),              # Number of engines
    "crewtech": np.array([2]),
    "crewc": np.array([4]),
    "bt": np.array([1.5]),            # Sector Block Time (Hours)
    "bf": np.array([2500]),           # Sector Block Fuel (KG)
    "sector": np.array([600]),        # Sector length (NM)

    # add all other required keys
}

Create the disciplne and Run Calculations

doc_displine = GemseoDirectOperatingCost()

out = doc_displine.execute(input_data=aircraft_data)

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To fully customize the analysis of aircraft operating costs the Params dataclass helps you modify typical unit rates, depending on the economic scenario

Import the class

from doc_calculator.core.utils.params import Params

Modify economic assumptions and pass the object through the params keyword

parameters = Params()
parameters.ENR = 85.0   # Unit Rate for the En-route Navigation Charge

# DirectOperatingCost
doc_calculator = DirectOperatingCost(aircraft=aircraft_data, params=parameters)

# GemseoDirectOperatingCost
doc_displine = GemseoDirectOperatingCost(params=parameters)

Note: See the Params class source code for all available unit rates and economic scenario constants

References / Citation

If you use doc_calculator for academic or research purposes, please cite:

@article{MARCIELLO2024118517,
  title   = {Evaluating the economic landscape of hybrid-electric regional aircraft: A cost analysis across three time horizons},
  journal = {Energy Conversion and Management},
  volume  = {312},
  pages   = {118517},
  year    = {2024},
  issn    = {0196-8904},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118517},
  url     = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890424004588},
  author  = {Valerio Marciello and Vincenzo Cusati and Fabrizio Nicolosi and Karen Saavedra-Rubio and Eleonore Pierrat and Nils Thonemann and Alexis Laurent},
  keywords = {Direct operating costs, Hybrid electric propulsion, Regional aviation, Technology roadmap, Sustainable aviation},
}

@manual{EUETS,
    title = {EU emissions trading system (EU ETS)},
    key   = {European commission},
    url   = {https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-emissions-trading-system-eu-ets_en},
    year  = {2023}
}

@book{ATA,
  author    = {Air Transport Association of America},
  year      = {1967},
  title     = {Air Transport Association of America. Standard Method of Estimating Comparative Direct Operating Costs of Turbine Powered Transport Airplanes.},
  publisher = {The Association},
  address   = {},
  edition   = {}
}

@book{association1989short,
  title  = {Short medium range aircraft: AEA requirements},
  author = {Association of European Airlines},
  url    = {https://books.google.it/books?id=6dz0jgEACAAJ},
  year   = {1989}
}

Contact

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Email: [e-mail]

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