Innovative Aircraft Electrical Power Systems

A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 1015

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Power Electronics, Machines, and Control Group (PEMC), University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Interests: modelling; control design; stability analysis; optimisation of aircraft electrical power systems

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Dear Colleagues,

The need for aircraft electrification has become more pressing in recent years due to the environmental impact of traditional fossil fuel-based engines. The aviation industry is responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions and there is growing pressure to reduce this impact.

However, there are several challenges to achieving widespread aircraft electrification. The rapidly expanding electrical power system topology and the increased electrical power demand leads to more reliance on electrical machines, power converters, and energy storage systems. This may cause system stability issues if not analysed carefully, and unoptimised systems can contribute to unnecessary additional weight and power losses. There is need in this area to address these issues to satisfy stability and safety requirements.

The scope of this Special Issue is to give an opportunity to the presenters to share and propose their own contributions in the area of full/hybrid electric aircraft application:

  • Novel topologies, including modelling and power system analysis;
  • Power management and/or supervisor control strategies;
  • Trade-off and/or optimisation strategies for different aircraft topologies;
  • Drives and/or power converter control design and stability analysis;
  • State-of-the-art and/or upcoming key technologies for future aircraft.

Dr. Seang Shen Yeoh
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • aircraft electrical power system
  • stability analysis
  • modelling
  • architecture optimisation
  • aircraft electric propulsion
  • aircraft power distribution
  • energy storage for aircraft
  • hybrid electric aircraft
  • other electric aircraft

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16 pages, 7120 KiB  
Article
Analysis of Cable Shielding and Influencing Factors for Indirect Effects of Lightning on Aircraft
by Zhangang Yang, Yuhao Wei and Xudong Shi
Aerospace 2024, 11(8), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11080674 - 16 Aug 2024
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The widespread use of composite materials with low electrical conductivity in modern advanced aircraft has placed higher requirements on lightning protection for airborne equipment. To ensure the safe operation of aircraft under a lightning environment, the internal cables and cable tracks of composite [...] Read more.
The widespread use of composite materials with low electrical conductivity in modern advanced aircraft has placed higher requirements on lightning protection for airborne equipment. To ensure the safe operation of aircraft under a lightning environment, the internal cables and cable tracks of composite aircraft are modeled. The lightning protection performance of cables is calculated for different types and shielding parameters, and the effect of the cable layout inside a composite aircraft on the protection performance is analyzed. The role of the cable track in lightning protection is also verified. The calculation results show that the cable shield and track structure can provide good lightning protection for the cable in the electromagnetic exposure area, and the layout of the cable inside the aircraft has a greater impact on the protection performance. The analysis of cable shielding measures and their influencing factors can provide a reference for the performance improvement of cable screening measures for the lightning protection of composite aircraft. Full article
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