Farsi, MaryamNamoano, BernadinLatsou, ChristinaSubhadu, Vaishnav VenkataDeng, HaoxuanSun, ZhenZheng, BohaoD’Amico, DavideErkoyuncu, John AhmetKarakoc, T. HikmetColpan, Can OzgurDalkiran, Alper2024-08-282024-08-282024-08-08Farsi M, Namoano B, Latsou C, et al., (2024) Digital twin architecture for a sustainable control system in aircraft engines. In: Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Techniques in Aviation, Springer Nature, Switzerland, August 2024, pp. 93-12397830316298602730-7778https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62987-7_5https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/22829Over the past decades, climate change has remained one of the major global challenges in the world. In the aviation and aerospace industry, the environmental sustainable development strategies towards carbon-neutral mainly focus on efficiency and demand measures, sustainable fuels, renewable energies, and removal and carbon offsetting. The carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions footprint of an aircraft is primarily determined by energy and fuel efficiency. The advanced engine control systems of an aircraft can optimise the engine performance to achieve energy efficiency, fuel optimal consumption, and emission reduction. This paper proposed a digital twin architecture of a sustainable aircraft control system that allows the system to collect, analyse, and optimise sustainability-related data and to provide insight to operators, engineers, maintainers, and designers. The required information, knowledge and insight databases across flight environment, engine specification, and gas emissions are identified. The research argued that the proposed architecture could enhance engine energy efficiency, fuel consumption, and CO2e footprint reduction and enable (near) real-time data monitoring, proactive anomaly detection, forecasting, and intelligent decision-making within an automated sustainability control system. This research suggests ontology-based digital twin as an effective approach to further develop a cognitive twin that facilitates automated decision-making within the aircraft control system.93-123enNo licence40 Engineering4001 Aerospace Engineering13 Climate Action7 Affordable and Clean Energy12 Responsible Consumption and ProductionBook chapter5512825