An Overview of High Specific Power Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies for Electrified Aircraft

Junhan Zhao; Xiaolong Zhang; Niraja Swaminathan; Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran

doi:10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948102

An Overview of High Specific Power Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies for Electrified Aircraft

Junhan Zhao, Xiaolong Zhang, Niraja Swaminathan, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran

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Abstract

The aviation industry is looking to electrify aircraft propulsion to reduce carbon emissions. Though more electrical aircraft technology is reasonably mature, large transport-class electrical aircraft, high power, high specific power and reliability remain challenging, especially machine topologies and thermal management for high specific power electrical propulsion system. In this paper, different machine topologies are discussed, along with some enabling technologies, such as advanced materials and loss reduction techniques. Furthermore, thermal management and aggressive cooling technologies, including air-, liquid-, phase-change, and cryogenic cooling, which significantly aid high specific power, are studied. Challenges and opportunities related to the overall system integration are also presented.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728193878
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948102
State	Published - 2022
Event	2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022 - Detroit, United States Duration: Oct 9 2022 → Oct 13 2022

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Name	2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022

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Conference	2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Detroit
Period	10/9/22 → 10/13/22

Keywords

Electrical propulsion
HSP machine thermal management
HSP power electronics
High specific power (HSP) machine
System integration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Control and Optimization

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Zhao, J., Zhang, X., Swaminathan, N., & Haran, K. S. (2022). An Overview of High Specific Power Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies for Electrified Aircraft. In 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022 (2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948102

An Overview of High Specific Power Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies for Electrified Aircraft. / Zhao, Junhan; Zhang, Xiaolong; Swaminathan, Niraja et al.
2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Zhao, J, Zhang, X, Swaminathan, N & Haran, KS 2022, An Overview of High Specific Power Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies for Electrified Aircraft. in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022. 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022, Detroit, United States, 10/9/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948102

Zhao J, Zhang X, Swaminathan N, Haran KS. An Overview of High Specific Power Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies for Electrified Aircraft. In 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. (2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2022). doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948102

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