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Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA (2023)
Journal Article
Mohamed, M. A. A., Shen Yeoh, S., Atkin, J., Diab, A. M., Khalaf, M., & Bozhko, S. (2023). Enhanced Starting Control Scheme for PMM-Based Starter/Generator System for MEA. Aerospace, 10(2), Article 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10020168

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.

Efficiency Focused Energy Management Strategy Based on Optimal Droop Gain Design for More Electric Aircraft (2022)
Journal Article
Mohamed, M. A., Yeoh, S. S., Atkin, J., Hussaini, H., & Bozhko, S. (2022). Efficiency Focused Energy Management Strategy Based on Optimal Droop Gain Design for More Electric Aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2022.3159731

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.

ENIGMA—A Centralised Supervisory Controller for Enhanced Onboard Electrical Energy Management with Model in the Loop Demonstration (2021)
Journal Article
Sumsurooah, S., He, Y., Torchio, M., Kouramas, K., Guida, B., Cuomo, F., …Cavallo, A. (2021). ENIGMA—A Centralised Supervisory Controller for Enhanced Onboard Electrical Energy Management with Model in the Loop Demonstration. Energies, 14(17), Article 5518. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175518

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.

Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, X., Gao, Y., Atkin, J., & Bozhko, S. (2020). Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA. . https://doi.org/10.23919/icems50442.2020.9290968

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.

Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Recalde, A. A., Bozhko, S., & Atkin, J. (2020). Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft. In AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-3545

© 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
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

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.

Design of more electric aircraft dc power distribution architectures considering reliability performance (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Recalde, A. A., Bozhko, S., Atkin, J., & Hill, C. (2019). Design of more electric aircraft dc power distribution architectures considering reliability performance. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-4506

© 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.