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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles and International Transportation Electrification Conference, ESARS-ITEC 2023 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9798350346893 |
| ISBN (print) | 979-8-3503-4690-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Event | 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles and International Transportation Electrification Conference, ESARS-ITEC 2023 - Venice, Italy Duration: 29 Mar 2023 → 31 Mar 2023 |
Abstract
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, the electrification of civil aircraft plays an important role. Since several components have to be optimized individually and with regard to the overall system, this poses a major challenge. The optimization criterion is to minimize the weight of the entire electrical system while fulfilling all safety requirements. In this paper, an optimization methodology is applied to find the best electric power distribution system for an all-electric regional aircraft. The results are compared with the conventional propulsion system of an ATR-72-600 as a reference aircraft. The study varies multiple design parameters such as the current density of a permanent magnet synchronous machine, inverter topology, inverter and converter switching frequency, DC-link voltage, and battery power density and energy density. The results show that the largest weight is contributed by the batteries. The overall weight can be minimized by applying batteries with a high energy density.
Keywords
- aerospace electronics, aircraft propulsion, all-electric aircraft (AEA), Aviation, electric power system (EPS), high voltage direct current, optimization, power semiconductor devices, regional aircraft, wide-bandgap semiconductors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy(all)
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Engineering(all)
- Aerospace Engineering
- Engineering(all)
- Automotive Engineering
- Engineering(all)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Engineering(all)
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Social Sciences(all)
- Transportation
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2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles and International Transportation Electrification Conference, ESARS-ITEC 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023.
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TY - GEN
T1 - Power Distribution and Propulsion System for an All-Electric Regional Aircraft
AU - Ebersberger, Janine
AU - Keuter, Ralf Johannes
AU - Ponick, Bernd
AU - Mertens, Axel
N1 - Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy - EXC 2163/1 Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Aviation - Project ID 390881007. Furthermore, we would like to thank Bastian Kirsch (Institute of Jet Propulsion and Turbomachinery, Tech-nische Universität Braunschweig) for the propeller design. The work was conducted within the Cluster of Excellence SE2A.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, the electrification of civil aircraft plays an important role. Since several components have to be optimized individually and with regard to the overall system, this poses a major challenge. The optimization criterion is to minimize the weight of the entire electrical system while fulfilling all safety requirements. In this paper, an optimization methodology is applied to find the best electric power distribution system for an all-electric regional aircraft. The results are compared with the conventional propulsion system of an ATR-72-600 as a reference aircraft. The study varies multiple design parameters such as the current density of a permanent magnet synchronous machine, inverter topology, inverter and converter switching frequency, DC-link voltage, and battery power density and energy density. The results show that the largest weight is contributed by the batteries. The overall weight can be minimized by applying batteries with a high energy density.
AB - To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, the electrification of civil aircraft plays an important role. Since several components have to be optimized individually and with regard to the overall system, this poses a major challenge. The optimization criterion is to minimize the weight of the entire electrical system while fulfilling all safety requirements. In this paper, an optimization methodology is applied to find the best electric power distribution system for an all-electric regional aircraft. The results are compared with the conventional propulsion system of an ATR-72-600 as a reference aircraft. The study varies multiple design parameters such as the current density of a permanent magnet synchronous machine, inverter topology, inverter and converter switching frequency, DC-link voltage, and battery power density and energy density. The results show that the largest weight is contributed by the batteries. The overall weight can be minimized by applying batteries with a high energy density.
KW - aerospace electronics
KW - aircraft propulsion
KW - all-electric aircraft (AEA)
KW - Aviation
KW - electric power system (EPS)
KW - high voltage direct current
KW - optimization
KW - power semiconductor devices
KW - regional aircraft
KW - wide-bandgap semiconductors
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U2 - 10.1109/ESARS-ITEC57127.2023.10114868
DO - 10.1109/ESARS-ITEC57127.2023.10114868
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85160210272
SN - 979-8-3503-4690-9
BT - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles and International Transportation Electrification Conference, ESARS-ITEC 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles and International Transportation Electrification Conference, ESARS-ITEC 2023
Y2 - 29 March 2023 through 31 March 2023
ER -