Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization

RECALDE, ANGEL; BOZHKO, SERHIY; ATKIN, JASON

Abstract

The increased utilization of electrical energy in future aviation requires an efficient method to perform load flow for optimizing on-board operating conditions. Load flow models of electrical networks are complex to solve and requires iterative methods to obtain a solution due to the non-linear relationship between voltages and currents. This paper will address the complexity of load flow for DC systems and will present a linear model that does not require to be solved iteratively and can be included in Mixed Integer Linear Programming MILP formulations to allow operational metrics optimization such as loss minimization and reliability maximization while converging to optimality. Load flow results have shown that the error margin is considerably small.

Citation

RECALDE, A., BOZHKO, S., & ATKIN, J. (2020). Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization. In 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161584

• Conference Name: 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (iTEC 2020)
• Conference Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA (online)
• Start Date: Jun 24, 2020
• End Date: Jun 26, 2020
• Acceptance Date: Feb 28, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Aug 7, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Apr 20, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 7, 2020
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Book Title: 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC)
• ISBN: 978-1-7281-4630-0
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161584
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4316612
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9161584