Hardware-in-the-Loop demonstration on fault management system and power management system on more electric aircraft

• Main Author: Gopinath, Salsisivamani
• Other Authors: Wen Changyun
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Power electronics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138948
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

More Electric Aircraft (MEA) is the next generation of aircraft which will eventually replace the existing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Spacecrafts, and commercial and military aircrafts. MEA utilizes electric power to replace all existing non-propulsive aircraft systems such as electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, and pneumatic. The end goal of MEA is to create an aircraft that is light weight, efficient, reliable, and eco-friendly. Thereby reducing the fuel consumption, emission of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide. However, MEA requires large amount of electric power due to the increase in electrical systems and loads. There is also the problem posed by power distribution and load management, and fault management. This project aims to develop an Electrical Power System of a MEA and integrate it with the Power Management System and Fault Management system. This will be accomplished with the help of real-time simulator OPAL-RT system, Imperix Boombox Controller, RT-LAB and MATLAB software’s.