R. Hallez, Claudio Colanaeli, J. Cuenca, L. De Ryck
{"title":"Impact of Electric Propulsion on Aircraft Noise - All-Electric Light Aircrafts Case Study","authors":"R. Hallez, Claudio Colanaeli, J. Cuenca, L. De Ryck","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-4982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4982","url":null,"abstract":"Aircraft electrification is on the verge of radically changing air transportation. Energy-efficient distributed propulsion, vertical take-off and landing capabilities and reduced emissions are some examples of the great possibilities that electric propulsion offers and how it could disrupt air travel and urban air mobility in the future. Next to the many technological challenges associated with such new concepts, important regulatory barriers still need to be overcome to make it come true. One aspect of particular attention is the impact on environmental noise. In this paper, the acoustic performance of two all-electric light aircrafts is assessed based on ground and in-flight measurements. The investigated aircrafts are the Magnus eFusion, first all-electric aerobatic training airplane in the world and the Extra 330LE, world's first electric aircraft to tow a glider into the sky. For both airplanes, the actual impact of electric propulsion on exterior radiated noise during fly-over is quantified - for the first time - using two variants of the same aircraft, equipped with two different propulsion systems: in one case with a conventional piston engine, in the other case with an electric motor. Cabin noise is also assessed for the two aircraft variants. Sound quality metrics as well as sound source localization techniques are used to perform a detailed analysis of the interior and exterior aircraft noise and to get insight into the noise generation mechanisms. The manuscript details the complete set of measurement techniques which are available for acoustic engineers to develop quieter electric aircrafts in the future. It reports about the setup and execution of the test campaign; it describes the processing of the acquired data and discusses the major findings. Results highlight the different footprints of the two types of propulsion in terms of fly-over and cabin interior noise levels.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"19 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132467562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joseph W. Connolly, Jeffryes W. Chapman, Erik J. Stalcup, Keith R. Hunker, A. Chicatelli, G. L. Thomas
{"title":"Modeling and Control Design for a Turboelectric Single Aisle Aircraft Propulsion System","authors":"Joseph W. Connolly, Jeffryes W. Chapman, Erik J. Stalcup, Keith R. Hunker, A. Chicatelli, G. L. Thomas","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-5010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-5010","url":null,"abstract":"A nonlinear dynamic model with full flight envelope controller is developed for the propulsion system of a partially turboelectric single-aisle aircraft. The propulsion system model consists of two turbofan engines with a large percentage of power extraction, feeding an electric tail fan for boundary layer ingestion. The dynamic model is compared against an existing steady state design model. An electrical system model using a simple power flow approach is integrated into existing modeling tools used for dynamic simulation of the turbomachinery of the vehicle. In addition to the simple power flow model of the electrical system, a more detailed model is used for comparison at a key vehicle transient flight condition. The controller is a gain scheduled proportional-integral type that is examined throughout the flight envelope for performance metrics such as rise time and operability margins. Potential improvements in efficiency for the vehicle are explored by adjusting the power split between the energy used for thrust by the turbofans and that extracted to supply power to the tail fan. Finally, an operability study of the vehicle is conducted using a 900 nautical mile mission profile for a nominal vehicle configuration, a deteriorated propulsion system at the end of its operating life, and an optimized power schedule with improved efficiency.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130938737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High Frequency Electric Machines for Boundary Layer Ingestion Fan Propulsor","authors":"Andy Yoon, K. Haran","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-4990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4990","url":null,"abstract":"High specific power electric motor is a key enabling technology for electric/hybrid-electric propulsion for aircraft. High-frequency, ‘air-core’ machine topologies show potential for high specific power when the machines are integrated within jet engines at high speed, e.g. 15,000 rpm. In this paper, we explore how these machines scale to electric propulsion systems at a range of speeds, to also include ‘boundary layer ingestion’ fan in newly proposed Single-aisle Turboelectric Aircraft with an Aft Boundary-Layer (STARC-ABL) propulsors. Detailed analytical models that have been experimentally verified, and an evolutionary genetic algorithm are utilized to study the effect of speed on weight of the topology. The results show that the topology, especially with proper selection of support structure design, maintains high specific power even at lower speeds. Furthermore, a case study shows that rim-driven fan topology is favorable for the boundary layer ingestion fan.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131119764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hierarchical Weight Optimization Design of Aircraft Power Electronics Systems Using Metaheuristic Optimization Methods","authors":"Qian Li, R. Burgos, D. Boroyevich","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-4980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4980","url":null,"abstract":"In the background of the development of More Electric Aircraft (MEA) framework, weight-optimized design of an aircraft's electric power system is essential. Power electronics systems have played an important role in the on board power distribution system. However, the difficulties in its design variable identification and the design interaction decoupling process have been primary obstacles to design the electric power system in an optimized and efficient manner. In this paper, a hierarchical weight optimization design procedure has been applied to solve this problem. To accelerate the design iterations, metaheuristic optimization methods, such as genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and simulated annealing (SA) are considered due to the nonlinear and discrete nature of power electronics converters. Finally, a design example of a 2 kW voltage source inverter (VSI) is shown to illustrate the hierarchical optimization design process using metaheuristic optimization methods.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128052478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Karadjian, N. Imbert, C. Munier, M. Kirkpatrick, E. Odic
{"title":"Partial Discharge Detection in an Aeronautical Power Cable","authors":"M. Karadjian, N. Imbert, C. Munier, M. Kirkpatrick, E. Odic","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-5033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-5033","url":null,"abstract":"The augmentation of voltage levels in aeronautical power networks may provoke the phenomena of electrical discharges. It is shown that PDs occurred at the cable periphery in proximity to a grounded conductor for voltages ranging from 750 V to 2000 V for gas pressure from 100 mbar up to atmospheric pressure. At higher voltage, internal PDs were found to take place between the conductor strands and the inner walls of the cable insulation. This discharge localization was confirmed by the dependence of PDIV and RPDIV values on the imposed gas pressure and by electrostatic calculations taking into account the gas breakdown voltages from the Paschen curve. The influence of thermal aging on PD activity was also investigated. Thermal aging was found to not change the external discharge inception voltage but to affect internal discharges.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"3 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133218480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Hartwig, B. Fraser, G. Brown, David Koci, Keith R. Hunker, C. Bowman, L. Kohlman, P. Schrum, David Matten
{"title":"A New Liquid Hydrogen Based Superconducting Coil Test Rig to Measure AC Losses","authors":"J. Hartwig, B. Fraser, G. Brown, David Koci, Keith R. Hunker, C. Bowman, L. Kohlman, P. Schrum, David Matten","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-5028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-5028","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design, development, operation, and test capabilities of a proposed superconducting coil testbed to measure AC losses at the NASA Glenn Research Center. Superconducting AC losses are important in the design of electric stators and rotors, power transmission lines, transformers, fault current limiters, magnets, and superconducting energy storage (not batteries). The new liquid hydrogen based rig will allow superconducting coil testing across a wide range of test parameters, including injected current (0−3400 A), frequency (0–400 Hz), magnetic field up to 0.6 T, phase angle between induced voltage and injected current (−180–180°), coil coolant temperature (18–28K), and AC power loss (5–30W). While the target application of interest is 20K superconducting MgB2 (the only superconductor that can presently be made with low AC losses) stator coils for future electric machines, the rig can accommodate test articles with straight wire, tape, cables, coils of any shape, any allowable combination of superconducting wire and fluid (e.g. YBCO coils and liquid nitrogen), and AC or DC testing. The new spin rig builds upon an existing Air Force spin rig through a more flexible mode of fluid control, a wider gap space for test articles (up to 10.2 cm) for test articles, and can accommodate test articles over a wider range of operating temperatures (18–95K) using liquid hydrogen, gaseous helium, or liquid nitrogen as the working fluid, thus supporting direct-cooled machines below 77K.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129157291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electric Propulsion Architecture Assessment via Signomial Programming","authors":"Aidan Dowdle, D. K. Hall, J. Lang","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-5026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-5026","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the application of signomial programming to the assessment and multidisciplinary optimization of electric propulsion systems. Analytic models for electrical and mechanical propulsion system components are developed that are compatible with the signo-mial programming objective and constraint forms. These models capture the dependence of mass and efficiency on material properties and operating conditions. Standalone optimization of the electrical cable and motor model illustrates a trade-off between mass and efficiency at the component level. These component models are subsequently integrated into various propulsion architectures and are optimized while taking into account the component dependencies (e.g., fan and motor shaft speed). Specifically, turbofan, turboelectric and geared turboelectric propulsion architectures are optimized on the metrics of fuel consumption and propulsion system mass. The results show that the optimal component masses and efficiencies depend on the propulsion architecture, operating point, and performance metric under consideration, and that signomial programming is useful for determining them.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124583977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Narjes, Felix Kauth, Jan Müller, Axel Mertens, Jörg Seume, Bernd Ponick
{"title":"High-Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for Short-Term Operation in an Electrically Powered High-Lift System","authors":"G. Narjes, Felix Kauth, Jan Müller, Axel Mertens, Jörg Seume, Bernd Ponick","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-4989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4989","url":null,"abstract":"The noise footprint of aircraft at airports is one of the major reasons, why many of these facilities are located on the outskirts of cities instead of near the city centre. One approach to reduce this footprint is to increase the lift coefficient by using electrically powered high-lift systems (EPHLS) which are located near each wing's flaps. Each system consists of a turbo compressor which is directly driven by a permanent magnet synchronous machine at a maximum rotational speed of 60,000 rpm and a maximum required power of 80 kW. Current investigations focus on the enhancement of the aircraft's take-off and landing which limit the operating time of the EPHLS to a maximum of 240 s. This paper will highlight the design of the three main components of the EPHLS, namely SiC converter, electrical machine, and turbo compressor. The machine design is significantly influenced by the short operating time, thus moving the critical thermal parameters to the transient regime of the temperature characteristics. The thermal parameters for this machine design will be discussed and iterated for several scaled power levels, as the EPHLS consists of several turbo compressors along the wing span with different ratings. These are thermally characterized and compared to conclude what the scaling of electrical machines for short-term operation means for the thermal characteristic parameters. In the end, a different reference design point for the electrical machine is identified, a fast and simple way for the scaling of electrical machine designs for short-term operation with respect to power is found and conclusions for the design and scaling of combined power electronics, electrical machine, and turbo compressor systems are drawn.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129516756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal Propellers for a Small Hybrid Electric Fuel-Cell UAS","authors":"R. MacNeill, D. Verstraete","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-4981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4981","url":null,"abstract":"The use of small, electrically powered unmanned aerial systems are seeing widespread use in surveillance and reconnaissance roles. To overcome the low energy density of current battery systems and extend the endurance of small tactical UAS, hybrid electric fuel-cell systems are being investigated. This paper investigates propeller optimisation for a small hybrid electric fuel-cell UAS. Multi-objective optimisation is presented to display the possible couplings between an optimal propeller and motor for single-goal designs of both maximum aircraft endurance and maximum aircraft range. Additionally, Pareto fronts illustrate the tradeoffs between multiple competing design goals when optimising a fixed pitch propeller for a small tactical UAS.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127444994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Advances of Power Electronics Applications in More Electric Aircrafts","authors":"Jiangbiao He, Di Zhang, D. Torrey","doi":"10.2514/6.2018-5008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-5008","url":null,"abstract":"Recent advances in power electronics have significantly promoted the development of more electric aircraft (MEA). This paper presents a review of the power electronic applications in MEA that were presented in the literature in the past decade, ranging from the component level such as power semiconductor devices and solid-state circuit breakers, to various power converter topologies, high-voltage AC (HVAC) and high-voltage DC (HVDC) power system architectures for MEA. Opportunities and challenges of using emerging power semiconductor devices, power converter topologies and various system architectures are discussed.","PeriodicalId":276296,"journal":{"name":"2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129828944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}