A pre-design sensitivity analysis tool for consideration of full-electric aircraft propulsion electrical power system architectures

Author

Jones, C.E. ; Norman, P.J. ; Galloway, S.J. ; Burt, G.M. ; Armstrong, M. ; Bollman, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Energy & Environ., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2015

fDate

3-5 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Turbo-electric distributed power (TeDP) systems proposed for hybrid wing body (HWB) N3-X aircraft are complex, superconducting electrical networks, which must be developed to meet challenging weight, efficiency and propulsor power requirements. An integrated system sensitivity analysis tool is presented, which can be used to support rapid appraisal studies of architectures, protection systems and redundancy requirements for TeDP systems. The use of this tool can help direct future research on TeDP systems towards the key challenges relevant to meeting the stringent weight and efficiency targets set out for N+3 aircraft concepts.

Keywords

aerospace propulsion; aircraft; aircraft power systems; sensitivity analysis; HWB N3-X aircraft; N+3 aircraft concept; TeDP systems; full-electric aircraft propulsion electrical power system architectures; hybrid wing body N3-X aircraft; integrated system sensitivity analysis tool; pre-design sensitivity analysis tool; propulsor power requirements; protection systems; redundancy requirements; superconducting electrical networks; turbo-electric distributed power systems; Aircraft; Aircraft propulsion; Generators; Power systems; Redundancy; Sensitivity; Solids; Turbo-electric distributed propulsion (TeDP); aircraft; sensitivity analysis; superconducting systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles (ESARS), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Aachen

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESARS.2015.7101489

Filename

7101489