The More Electric Aircraft: Technology and challenges.
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...The B787 main electrical power generation relies on four 250-kVA VFGs (two per each main engine), while the A380 uses four 150-kVA VFGs (one per engine), as reported in Table IV [3]....
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..., excessive overload and short-circuit faults) [5], [38]....
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...A number of aircraft have been claimed to incorporate MEA designs, nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged that the two programs, which have really and seamlessly integrated the MEA concepts, are the long-haul, wide bodied commercial aircraft known as the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A380 [38]....
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...As a result of this trend, commercial aircraft implementing more electric features are nowadays available and some examples are the A380 and the B787 [3]....
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...In fact, the PECs have not yet reached a proper reliability level for making the VSCF systems a viable option [38]....
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...verter can be one of the most prevalent applications for power electronics on an MEA [2]....
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...aircraft (MEA), but the propulsion remains completely traditional; in an MEA, only the subsystems are electrified [2]....
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..., to neglect dynamics that have little effect in functional layer analysis, and to consider the very dynamics in behavioral layer of analysis [19]....
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...ing the VSCF technique necessitates the total power passing through a converter [19]....
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..., [1], architectures with dc distribution have attracted significant research interest due to their potential advantages, such as lower total weight, higher efficiency, and reduced cost [4]....
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...DUE to the higher energy efficiency, reduced maintenance and operational costs, as well as the potential for lower environmental impact, the more electric aircraft (MEA) concept is becoming a trend in modern aircraft design [1], [2]....
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...This can increase efficiency, reduce weight, and remove the need for reactive power compensation devices [1], [2]....
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