Aiming at solving the problem of information dispersed, hysteresis even lost in the process of aircraft ground concentrated de-icing which reduce the efficiency and safety of the aircraft ground de-icing. A multi-information integration system of the whole process of the aircraft ground concentrated de-icing is designed in this paper, which describes the architecture and the function of the information integration system, proposes the hardware structure and implementation of software of the database server and the monitoring terminal. The simulation results show that the system can collect and show the information of the whole process of aircraft ground de-icing properly and provide an efficient monitoring platform for aircraft ground de-icing

Bin Chen

Liwen  Wang

English

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Research of Multi-Information Integration for the Aircraft 
Ground De-icing Monitoring System Based on GIS and GPRS 
Bin Chen and Liwen Wang 
RESEARCH OF MULTI-INFORMATION INTEGRATION FOR THE AIRCRAFT GROUND DE-ICING MONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON GIS AND GPRS.  
BIN CHEN AND LIWEN WANG 
Bin Chen1 and Liwen Wang 
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China 
Tianjin Key Laboratory for Civil Aircraft Airworthiness and Maintenance of Civil Aviation University 
of China, Tianjin 300300, China 
 
E-mail: chenbindavid@163.com 
Abstract. Aiming at solving the problem of information dispersed, hysteresis even lost in the process of aircraft 
ground concentrated de-icing which reduce the efficiency and safety of the aircraft ground de-icing. A multi-
information integration system of the whole process of the aircraft ground concentrated de-icing is designed in 
this paper, which describes the architecture and the function of the information integration system, proposes the 
hardware structure and implementation of software of the database server and the monitoring terminal. The 
simulation results show that the system can collect and show the information of the whole process of aircraft 
ground de-icing properly and provide an efficient monitoring platform for aircraft ground de-icing. 
1. Introduction 
With the development of China's civil aviation industry, the number of flights at major airport   
increase rapidly, which is bound to be delayed or cancelled when it encounter snow and cold weather, 
resulting in huge economic losses even safety accidents. In order to guarantee that flight can function 
normally, the aircraft must be de-iced in half an hour before taking off. To improve the efficiency of 
de-icing, management staffs need to know the status of de-icing equipment, de-icing operators and 
other information so that they can dispatch and command all the de-icing resource according to the 
actual situation to ensure the de-icing is efficient and reliable. Concentrated de-icing has been adopted 
by most airports currently, however, it's difficult to achieve the comprehensive arrangement and 
unified management of de-icing resources because of hysteresis and inefficiency in the transmission of 
information in the de-icing process so that there are shortcomings such as low efficiency, high 
operating costs and not full utilization of de-icing resource. To solve this problem, a multi-information 
integration system of the whole process of the aircraft ground concentrated de-icing is designed in this 
paper. 
2. The overall scheme of multi-information integration system 
This paper introduce the design of overall architecture and the data flow of the multi-information 
integration system of the whole process of the aircraft ground concentrated de-icing. 
2.1. The overall architecture design of system 
The multi-information integration system of the whole process of the aircraft ground concentrated de-
icing consists of ice accretion prediction unit, the database server, monitoring terminals, display 
terminals and data collection terminal installed in the de-icing equipment parts, which is able to 
achieve the integration of related system application, data sharing, real-time information display and 
interaction during the de-icing process and establish a process-oriented information service platform, 
which help dispatch and command the aircraft concentrated de-icing process to improve the efficiency 
and safety of de-icing  process. The architecture of the system is shown in Fig. 1. 
 
                                                     
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Figure 1. The Architecture of the system. 
 
When the system is running, the personnel of airlines and airport in the monitor terminal provide 
flight information and weather information for the database server, the ice accretion prediction unit 
will predict ice accretion according to meteorological information and the data collection terminals 
will collect information of de-icing equipment including the status and current location of de-icing 
equipment, temperature and margin of the de-icing fluids and other information, and then the 
information are sent to the database server through the GPRS wireless network and will be shown on 
the display terminal of de-icing resources and GIS which shows the current location of de-icing 
equipment in real-time. The management staff in the monitoring terminal will command de-icing 
resource according to the above information to ensure the safety and efficiency of de-icing process. 
2.2. Data flow of the system 
The Multi-Information Integration System of the Whole Process of the Aircraft Ground Concentrated 
De-icing need to obtain sufficient data and information so that the management staff can arrange de-
icing resource reasonable according to the actual situation, and improve the efficiency and safety of 
de-icing process and ensure the safety and normal operation of flight. The data flow of the system is 
shown in Fig. 2.  
As is shown in Fig. 2, the database server is responsible for the management and maintenance of 
the data. The database server accepts the real-time data sent by the monitor terminal and send real-time 
and historical data in the database to the monitor terminal and display terminals at the same time. And 
the query and display of data is implemented by the monitor terminal and display terminal. 
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Figure 2. The Data flow of the system. 
3. The database design of the system 
As the data storage and manipulation part of the whole system, the performance of database will have 
direct impact on the performance of the whole system when in practical service. In the process of 
designing the database, the data access and safety should be considered and minimize the storage of 
redundant data at the same time to ensure the database will perform efficiently. 
According to the system requirements, the database should be able to support the following functions: 
1. Record various properties of the de-icing equipment, such as the number of device, operators, 
and the status of device, temperature and margin of de-icing fluids contained in the device and so on; 
2. Record various properties of the flight, such as the number of the flight, aircraft type, the de-
icing time of the flight, de-icing status of the flight and so on; 
3. Facilitate the command and dispatch work of management staff, make sure they can check the 
information mentioned above in real-time, provide a reference for their command and control. 
According to the requirements mentioned above, the E-R diagram of database is designed as it is 
shown in Fig. 3. 
 
 
Figure 3. The E-R diagram of database. 
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The data table and the relationship between them can be abstracted according to the system 
database E-R diagram, which is shown in Fig. 4.  
 
 
Figure 4. The table of database. 
 
The meaning of the character in Fig. 4 is shown in Table 1. 
 
Table 1. The meaning of the character in database table. 
Character Meaning Character Meaning 
Flight_num The number of flight De-ice_ETime End time of de-icing 
Flight_type The type of flight De-ice_sta Status of de-icing 
ArrivalTime Arrival time of flight Deice flloor_num The number of deice floor 
DepartTime Depart time of flight Weather The weather of environment 
Deice_apply Apply for de-icing Temperature The temperatureof environment 
Eq_num The number of deicing 
equipment 
Humidity The humidity of environment 
Eq_status The status of deicing 
equipment 
Winforce The force of wind 
Operator The operator of deicing 
equipment 
WindDirect The direct of wind 
Fluids_temp The temperature of 
deicing fluids 
Atmospheric 
pressure 
The atmospheric pressure 
Fluids_rem The margin of deicing 
fluids 
Flight de-icing 
queue 
The queuing result of flights which  
apply for deicing 
De-
ice_STime 
Start time of de-icing De-icing floor 
allocation 
The allocation result of deicing floor 
4. The software development of the monitor terminal 
The monitoring terminal is the core part for the management staff to monitor and control the whole 
process of the aircraft concentrated de-icing which convert every link of the de-icing process into the 
concrete data and graphics displayed on the screen. The main function of the monitoring terminal is to 
satisfy the requirements of querying and monitoring of the information of the de-icing resource 
claimed by different users such as de-icing companies, airlines and airports. According to the request 
of the system, the monitoring terminal is developed in Client / Server mode in which the tasks are 
completed by the client and server respectively. The most typical application of this model is the 
database technology. The database server in the Client / Server mode database system is huge and 
abstract, however, the client can own a small database for the user's request, if the client's database is 
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able to meet the data request, it will give the result directly to the user, and otherwise it will invoke the 
server to handle the request. When users invoke the resources of server, the clients sent request to the 
server, and analyse the results sent back by the server and then display the result to users. The system 
using the Client / Server mode has very strong function of representing the data and can achieve 
complex data acquisition, data processing and realistic data real-time monitoring. The software flow 
chart of the monitor terminal is shown in Fig. 5. 
 
 
Figure 5. The software flow chart of the monitor terminal. 
5. Running of the Monitor Terminal Software 
The running effect of the monitor terminal software is shown in Fig. 6 
 
 
a) The de-icing company user terminal b) The Airport User Terminal 
Figure 6. The Running Effect of the Monitor Terminal Software. 
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6. Summary 
A multi-information integration system of the whole process of the aircraft ground concentrated de-
icing is designed in this paper, the design of critical component of the system such as the ice accretion 
prediction unit, the database server, monitoring terminals, display terminals and data collection 
terminal installed in the de-icing equipment parts is also proposed in this paper. The system proposed 
in this paper can achieve multi-source information monitoring and processing and help the de-icing 
management staff achieve reasonable and fully utilized of de-icing resources, improve the efficiency 
of aircraft ground de-icing and guarantee the safety of aircraft concentrated de-icing at the same time. 
Acknowledgments 
This work was financially supported by the Joint Funds of the Natural Science Foundation of China 
and Civil Aviation Administration of China (Grant No. 60939001), Civil Aviation Administration of 
China Fund (Grant No. 60932016) and National Key Technology Research and Development Program 
of China (Grant No. 2012BAG04B02). 
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