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Efficiency focused energy management strategy based on optimal droop gain design for more electric aircraft

Research Authors
Mohamed AA Mohamed, Seang Shen Yeoh, Jason A Atkin, Habibu Hussaini, Serhiy Bozhko
Research Department
Research Date
Research Year
2022
Research Journal
IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
Research Publisher
IEEE
Research Vol
8
Research_Pages
4205-4218
Research Abstract

Due to the substantial increase in the number of electrically driven systems onboard more electric aircraft (MEA), the onboard electric power systems (EPSs) are becoming more and more complex. Therefore, there is a need to develop a control strategy to manage the overall EPS energy flow and ensure the operation of safety-critical systems (which are electrical loads) under different operating scenarios and to consider EPS losses minimization, exploiting the thermal capability of generators, different load priorities, and available batteries with their charging and discharging schedules. This article presents an energy management (EM) strategy that considers the aforementioned objectives. The optimal droop gain approach is employed as a power-sharing method to minimize the total EPS losses in MEA. A finite state machine (FSM) has been used to implement the control strategy to realize the EPS reconfiguration