Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft

Guo, Jingnan; Buticchi, Giampaolo; Gerada, Chris

Abstract

Power devices manufacturers know that electronic devices are susceptible to radiation events. Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) coming from space can interact with the earth atmosphere, generating secondary particles (electrons, neutrons, protons) that can further generate other particles in a cascaded way. When this happen at high altitude, the electronics on-board an aircraft is at risk, because the blocking capability of the semiconductor devices can be momentarily impaired, leading to a single event failure. During solar events The likeliness of such a failure increases and it is related exponentially to the actual voltage across the junction. This paper advocates for a an electrical power distribution system that can adapt its voltage depending on the space weather forecast.

Citation

Guo, J., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2018, June). Space Weather Prediction to Enhance the Reliability of the More Electric Aircraft. Presented at IEEE 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2018 ), Cairns, Queensland, Australia

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: IEEE 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2018 )
• Start Date: Jun 13, 2018
• End Date: Jun 15, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Mar 8, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Aug 13, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Deposit Date: May 11, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 11, 2020
• Volume: 2018-June
• Pages: 445-450
• Series ISSN: 2163-5145
• Book Title: Proceedings 2018 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE)
• ISBN: 978-1-5386-3706-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2018.8433845
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4416714
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.nottingham.ac.uk/document/8433845
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