Hybrid CPU-Core and FPGA based real-time implementation of a high frequency aircraft power system

The concept of a More Electric Aircraft (MEA) power system is becoming increasingly popular, mainly due to its higher efficiency as compared to the conventional aircraft power system. This paper proposes and implements a section of an MEA system in real-time. The real-time implementation methodology presented in this paper utilizes both CPU-cores and an FPGA processor, depending on the time step requirement for each part of the proposed system. Several real-time implementation results are presented to validate the proposed implementation methodology. Further, dynamic studies and contingency studies are also presented to ensure that various bus voltages of the proposed MEA system are within specified ranges as per relevant standards.