Power Flow Analysis of Advanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft

Bai, Ge; Bozhko, Serhiy; Yang, Tao; Wheeler, Patrick; Yeoh, Seang Shen

Abstract

The more-electric aircraft (MEA) has been seen as the most major trend in the aerospace industry. With the increase in electrified loads, there is the need to generate more electrical power on-board aircraft. Considering regional jet sized aircraft, one novel approach is to extract electric power from high-pressure shaft as well as the low-pressure shaft within a multi-spool aircraft engine. This allows for more electrical power extraction within the engine shaft mechanical limits. Furthermore, it opens opportunities to enable power transfer between two different shafts within the engine in order to increase the operational margin and improve efficiency. This system called the Advanced Power Generation Centre (APGC), is introduced in this paper and the associated electrical subsystem with the high-pressure shaft has been analysed in detail. The capabilities and limitations of this topology have been discussed in this paper and validated in MATLAB/Simulink environment.

Citation

Bai, G., Bozhko, S., Yang, T., Wheeler, P., & Yeoh, S. S. (2023). Power Flow Analysis of Advanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft. . https://doi.org/10.1109/itecasia-pacific59272.2023.10372301

• Conference Name: 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific)
• Conference Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Start Date: Nov 28, 2023
• End Date: Dec 1, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Aug 1, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jan 2, 2024
• Publication Date: Nov 28, 2023
• Deposit Date: Mar 21, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 21, 2024
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• ISBN: 9798350314281
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/itecasia-pacific59272.2023.10372301
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/29825736
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10372301