Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2023, 25(4):C70-C89 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2023.073

The Architecture of the on-Board Power System of a More Electric Aircraft

Lucjan Setlak ORCID..., Rafał Kowalik ORCID...*
Department of Avionics and Control Systems, Faculty of Aviation Division, Polish Air Force University, Deblin, Poland

Currently, various systems and devices for on-board equipment of modern aircraft are undergoing extensive transformations, particularly in terms of powering electrified aircraft. The main goal of authors of this article was to conduct an analysis of the selected electrified aircraft architecture in the scope of the HVDC system, among architectures in the 540 V voltage range (± 270 VDC) and 350 V, creating a mathematical model and making the necessary tests and simulation studies on the developed model. In the above aspect, article presents selected test results of a proposed system consisting of aircraft generators with changing speeds, which power the bidirectional transistor converters operating in parallel. On the other hand, the energy, generated by generators equipped with a rectifier systems feeds a 0.4/15 kV booster transformer operating at idle. In the final part of the work, based on simulation studies (analysis, mathematical model, tests), important insights are presented and practical conclusions are formulated.

Keywords: high voltage direct current (HVDC) architecture, simulation studies, on-board power system, more electric aircraft (MEA)
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Received: April 4, 2023; Accepted: September 20, 2023; Prepublished online: October 23, 2023; Published: October 24, 2023  Show citation

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Setlak, L., & Kowalik, R. (2023). The Architecture of the on-Board Power System of a More Electric Aircraft. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 25(4), C70-89. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2023.073
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