TY - GEN
T1 - Power Electronics Powertrain Architectures for Hybrid and Solar Electric Airplanes with Distributed Propulsion
AU - Lawhorn, Damien
AU - Rallabandi, Vandana
AU - Ionel, Dan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 AIAA.
PY - 2018/11/29
Y1 - 2018/11/29
N2 - Distributed propulsion in aircraft has been shown to increase reliability and benefit aerodynamic performance. This paper discusses power electronic architectures and proposes control schemes suitable for distributed propulsion in hybrid and electric airplanes. Hybrid electric airplanes include permanent magnet synchronous generators driven by jet engines. The output of the generators is connected to the propulsion motors through back to back voltage source converters. Batteries, connected to the DC bus through buck-boost converters, are used to provide additional power to the propulsion motors during take off and climb. In the case of electric airplanes, the jet engine-permanent magnet generator system is replaced by solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. The output of the solar PV system is controlled such that it operates at its maximum power point, and power is provided to batteries and propulsion motors. Simulation results on both hybrid and solar electric systems are presented.
AB - Distributed propulsion in aircraft has been shown to increase reliability and benefit aerodynamic performance. This paper discusses power electronic architectures and proposes control schemes suitable for distributed propulsion in hybrid and electric airplanes. Hybrid electric airplanes include permanent magnet synchronous generators driven by jet engines. The output of the generators is connected to the propulsion motors through back to back voltage source converters. Batteries, connected to the DC bus through buck-boost converters, are used to provide additional power to the propulsion motors during take off and climb. In the case of electric airplanes, the jet engine-permanent magnet generator system is replaced by solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. The output of the solar PV system is controlled such that it operates at its maximum power point, and power is provided to batteries and propulsion motors. Simulation results on both hybrid and solar electric systems are presented.
KW - distributed propulsion
KW - permanent magnet synchronous machine
KW - solar photovolatic panels
KW - wide band gap semiconductor devices
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059984011&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2514/6.2018-4995
DO - 10.2514/6.2018-4995
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85059984011
T3 - 2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, EATS 2018
BT - 2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, EATS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, EATS 2018
Y2 - 12 July 2018 through 14 July 2018
ER -
