There a few NASA funded electric and hybrid electric projects from different NASA Centers, including the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) (Edwards, California). Each project identifies a specific technology gap that is currently inhibiting the growth and proliferation of relevant technologies in commercial aviation. This paper describes the design and development of a turbo-electric distributed propulsion (TeDP) hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation bench, which is a test bed for discovering turbo-electric control, distributed electric control, power management control, and integration competencies while providing risk mitigation for future turbo-electric flying demonstrators.
Design and Development of a 200-kW Turbo-Electric Distributed Propulsion Testbed
2017
16 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Electrotechnology , Test Facilities & Equipment , Architecture (computers) , Electric batteries , Electric propulsion , Flight test vehicles , Hardware-in-the-loop simulation , Hybrid propulsion , Propulsion system performance , System effectiveness , Test stands , Dynamometers , Electric motors , Flight control , Nasa programs , Propellers , Risk , Systems integration , Turbogenerators