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Optimised architecture design for an MEA power distribution system considering load profile and fault-tolerance (2023)
Conference Proceeding

With the development of More Electric Aircraft (MEA), novel power distribution systems (PDSs) are required to meet significantly increased electrical load demands onboard. Nevertheless, newer designs must comply with the strict flight operational and... Read More about Optimised architecture design for an MEA power distribution system considering load profile and fault-tolerance.

Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA (2023)
Journal Article

A control approach for aircraft Starter/Generator (S/G) with Permanent Magnet Machine (PMM) operating in Flux Weakening (FW) mode is presented. The proposed strategy helps the previous approaches which are adopted for the Variable Voltage Bus (VVB) o... Read More about Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA.

An investigation of F-Race training strategies for cross domain optimisation with memetic algorithms (2022)
Journal Article

Parameter tuning is a challenging and time-consuming task, crucial to obtaining improved metaheuristic performance. There is growing interest in cross-domain search methods, which consider a range of optimisation problems rather than being specialise... Read More about An investigation of F-Race training strategies for cross domain optimisation with memetic algorithms.

Efficiency Focused Energy Management Strategy Based on Optimal Droop Gain Design for More Electric Aircraft (2022)
Journal Article

Due to the substantial increase of the number of electrically-driven systems on-board More Electric Aircraft (MEA), the on-board Electric Power Systems (EPS) are becoming more and more complex. Therefore, there is a need to develop a control strategy... Read More about Efficiency Focused Energy Management Strategy Based on Optimal Droop Gain Design for More Electric Aircraft.

Analysis and Design of Battery Controller for More Electric Aircraft Application (2021)
Conference Proceeding

This paper deals with innovative multi-function battery controller with seamless transition between controllers for future MEA platforms. The battery controller performs different functions i.e. providing DC power, maintaining DC bus voltage, control... Read More about Analysis and Design of Battery Controller for More Electric Aircraft Application.

ENIGMA—A Centralised Supervisory Controller for Enhanced Onboard Electrical Energy Management with Model in the Loop Demonstration (2021)
Journal Article

A centralised smart supervisor (CSS) controller with enhanced electrical energy management (E2-EM) capability has been developed for an Iron Bird Electrical Power Generation and Distribution System (EPGDS) within the Clean Sky 2 ENhanced electrical e... Read More about ENIGMA—A Centralised Supervisory Controller for Enhanced Onboard Electrical Energy Management with Model in the Loop Demonstration.

Methodologies for the Synthesis of Reliable MEA Electrical Power System Architectures (2021)
Conference Proceeding

This paper reviews the main optimization approaches and design frameworks found in the literature for the synthesis of power system architectures for More Electric Aircraft (MEA). System- and network- engineering are the main interdisciplinary fields... Read More about Methodologies for the Synthesis of Reliable MEA Electrical Power System Architectures.

Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA (2020)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a Neural Network (NN)-based weighting factor (WF) selection method for the multi-objective cost function in Model Predictive Control (MPC). MPC is adopted for scheduling the loads and charging/discharging the battery intelligently... Read More about Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA.

Energy Storage System Selection for Optimal Fuel Consumption of Aircraft Hybrid Electric Taxiing Systems (2020)
Journal Article

IEEE Aircraft taxiing is conventionally performed using the main engines’ inefficient idle thrust. Therefore, in line with greener aviation, the electrification of taxiing is the most viable option to reduce emissions, noise, and fossil fuel consumpt... Read More about Energy Storage System Selection for Optimal Fuel Consumption of Aircraft Hybrid Electric Taxiing Systems.

Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft (2020)
Conference Proceeding

© 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. The synthesis of a power distribution architecture for More Electric Aircraft requires weight optimization in order to reduce energy consumption. The weight of... Read More about Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft.

Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization (2020)
Conference Proceeding

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 meth... Read More about Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization.

Optimal Design and Synthesis of MEA Power System Architectures considering Reliability Specifications (2020)
Journal Article

IEEE Aircraft electrification requires novel designs to supply the growing demand for electric power on-board through efficient and reliable production and distribution of electrical energy. Moreover, the aircraft power system will be a key enabler f... Read More about Optimal Design and Synthesis of MEA Power System Architectures considering Reliability Specifications.

Information Retrieval for Evidence-Based Policy Making Applied to Lifelong Learning (2019)
Conference Proceeding

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Policy making involves an extensive research phase during which existing policies which are similar to the one under development need to be retrieved and analysed. This phase is time-consuming for the following... Read More about Information Retrieval for Evidence-Based Policy Making Applied to Lifelong Learning.

Optimal Power Flow Based Architecture Design for Electrical Power System in More-Electric Aircraft (2019)
Conference Proceeding

When designing an electric power system (EPS) architecture for a more electric aircraft (MEA), the total weight of the system is treated as one of the most important criteria. For the weight saving purpose, this paper proposes an optimal power flow (... Read More about Optimal Power Flow Based Architecture Design for Electrical Power System in More-Electric Aircraft.

Power Allocation and Generator Sizing Optimisation of More-Electric Aircraft On-board Electrical Power during Different Flight Stages (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The development of future More Electric Aircraft (MEA) requires exploitation of light-weighted on-board Electrical Power System (EPS) architectural design and energy saving power management strategies. Seeking for the optimal solutions in these key a... Read More about Power Allocation and Generator Sizing Optimisation of More-Electric Aircraft On-board Electrical Power during Different Flight Stages.

Design of more electric aircraft dc power distribution architectures considering reliability performance (2019)
Conference Proceeding

© 2019 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved. The More Electric Aircraft (MEA) concept has started to define the future of aircraft electrification. The electrical system will certainly play a crucial rol... Read More about Design of more electric aircraft dc power distribution architectures considering reliability performance.

Scheduling airline reserve crew using a probabilistic crew absence and recovery model (2019)
Journal Article

Airlines require reserve crew to replace delayed or absent crew, with the aim of preventing consequent flight cancellations. A reserve crew schedule specifies the duty periods for which different reserve crew will be on standby to replace any absent... Read More about Scheduling airline reserve crew using a probabilistic crew absence and recovery model.

A reliability approach for the MEA power system architecture design optimization problem (2018)
Conference Proceeding

In the literature, there has been thorough research on reliability-based design in different fields. However, aircraft power system investigations have mostly dealt with sub-system optimization. Hence, there is considerable potential to excel innova... Read More about A reliability approach for the MEA power system architecture design optimization problem.

Analysis of irregular three-dimensional packing problems in additive manufacturing: a new taxonomy and dataset (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. With most Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology variants, build processes take place inside an internal enclosed build container, referred to as a ‘build volume’. It has been demonstrat... Read More about Analysis of irregular three-dimensional packing problems in additive manufacturing: a new taxonomy and dataset.

Human performance and strategies while solving an aircraft routing and sequencing problem: an experimental approach (2018)
Journal Article

As airport resources are stretched to meet increasing demand for services, effective use of ground infrastructure is increasingly critical for ensuring operational efficiency. Work in operations research has produced algorithms providing airport towe... Read More about Human performance and strategies while solving an aircraft routing and sequencing problem: an experimental approach.