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The More Electric Aircraft: Technology and challenges.
Patrick Wheeler,Sergei Bozhko +1 more
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The importance of power electronics as an enabling technology for this step change in aircraft design is considered, and examples of typical system designs are discussed in this article, as well as the exciting future challenges for the aerospace industry.Abstract:
The More Electric Aircraft concept offers many potential benefits in the design and efficiency of future large, manned aircraft. In this article, typical ?aircraft electrical power systems and associated loads are described as well as the exciting future challenges for the aerospace industry. The importance of power electronics as an enabling technology for this step change in aircraft design is considered, and examples of typical system designs are discussed.read more
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A modelling framework to support power architecture trade-off studies for More-Electric Aircraft
Ana Garcia Garriga,Parithi Govindaraju,Sangeeth Saagar Ponnusamy,Nicola Cimmino,Laura Mainini +4 more
TL;DR: A modelling framework to enable comparison and trade-off study of different aircraft system architectures and supports a designer evaluating the aircraft-level impact of their design choice at system-level, and can aid in assessing technology options early in the design process.
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High Power Density SiC-Based Inverter with a Power Density of 70kW/liter or 50kW/kg
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Control of Energy Storage Systems for Aeronautic Applications
TL;DR: The main task of the supercapacitor is to protect the electric generator from abrupt power changes resulting from sudden insertion or disconnection of loads or from loads with regenerative power capabilities, like electromagnetic actuators.
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Electric Vehicle Charging with Multi-Port Converter based Integration in DC Trolley-Bus Network
TL;DR: In this paper, a sensitivity analysis to charging power, substation distance and section length of overhead contact system is performed in comparison to the conventional two-port dc/dc converter based EV integration.
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Supervised Energy Management in Advanced Aircraft Applications
TL;DR: A control strategy is proposed for energy management onboard the innovative More Electric Aircraft concept, to reduce generator sizing (and weight onboard) by using battery packs as extra-energy sources.
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More-electric aircraft-system considerations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address some of the issues and trends becoming apparent in aircraft electrical power systems and present a number of developments at the component level that are well advanced and will increase electrical power levels.
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