Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications

Fares, Ahmed; Klumpner, Christian; Rashed, Mohamed

Abstract

© 2018 IEEE. This paper investigates the design optimization of a supercapacitor-based energy storage system for aerospace applications which may be needed to complement the operation of a high power pulsed load such as electromechanical actuators have been proposed. Different designs of a supercapacitor (SC) stack to achieve minimum weight are investigated but this may cause suboptimal operation of the associated converter. To assess the impact on the weight of the converter, the weight of its key elements are assessed and shown that at system level an optimal solution can be found. Thermal stress analysis on the candidate supercapacitor cells is investigated to ensure the design solutions are valid.

Citation

Fares, A., Klumpner, C., & Rashed, M. (2018). Design Considerations to Optimise Supercapacitor-based Energy Storage Systems for Aerospace Applications. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607796

• Conference Name: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)
• Conference Location: Nottingham, UK
• Start Date: Nov 7, 2018
• End Date: Nov 9, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Jul 26, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jan 14, 2019
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Deposit Date: Oct 3, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 31, 2019
• Pages: 1-8
• Series Title: IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)
• Book Title: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)
• ISBN: 978-1-5386-4193-4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607796
• Keywords: Electrical energy storage system; Optimization; Supercapacitors
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1144562
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8607796
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