TY - GEN
T1 - More Electric Aircraft Electro-Mechanical Actuator Regenerated Power Management
AU - Hill, Christopher Ian
AU - Bozhko, Serhiy
AU - Yang, Tao
AU - Giangrande, Paolo
AU - Gerada, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/9/28
Y1 - 2015/9/28
N2 - Under certain conditions Electro-Mechanical Actuators are able to regenerate, rather than consume electrical power. Within the More Electric Aircraft this possibility must be carefully considered in order to ensure safe and stable operation of the electrical systems. This paper assesses various strategies for the management of regenerated power in the More Electric Aircraft. A range of options are considered and the advantages/disadvantages of each are discussed. This includes considerations of safety and stability but also weight, component minimization, cost and potential utilization of the regenerated energy. Key aspects which are investigated in this paper are the effect of increased DC bus voltage on the management of regenerated energy and an assessment of the feasibility of returning energy to the engine inertia. It is shown that increased DC link voltage has distinct advantages when employed in combination with current architectures. However if a fundamental change to system architecture is utilized then this brings very significant benefits.
AB - Under certain conditions Electro-Mechanical Actuators are able to regenerate, rather than consume electrical power. Within the More Electric Aircraft this possibility must be carefully considered in order to ensure safe and stable operation of the electrical systems. This paper assesses various strategies for the management of regenerated power in the More Electric Aircraft. A range of options are considered and the advantages/disadvantages of each are discussed. This includes considerations of safety and stability but also weight, component minimization, cost and potential utilization of the regenerated energy. Key aspects which are investigated in this paper are the effect of increased DC bus voltage on the management of regenerated energy and an assessment of the feasibility of returning energy to the engine inertia. It is shown that increased DC link voltage has distinct advantages when employed in combination with current architectures. However if a fundamental change to system architecture is utilized then this brings very significant benefits.
KW - Electrical Power System
KW - Electro-Mechanical Actuators
KW - More Electric Aircraft
KW - Power Management Strategies
KW - Regenerated Power Management
KW - Regeneration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84947236417&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISIE.2015.7281491
DO - 10.1109/ISIE.2015.7281491
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84947236417
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics
SP - 337
EP - 342
BT - Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 24th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 24th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2015
Y2 - 3 June 2015 through 5 June 2015
ER -