– The purpose of this paper is to describe the necessity for the use of fully superconducting electrical power systems (SEPS) in future hybrid electric aircraft which facilitates the use of a distributed propulsion system.

    Design/methodology/approach

    – The paper looks at the overall design of the electric power systems for these applications and compares the design process of a more conventional power network with a fully superconducting one. The design issues and solutions in each case are then described.

    Findings

    – The paper concludes that SEPS will give many advantages to the aircraft design and operation.

    Practical implications

    – Significant efforts needs to be oriented towards the development of fully SEPS and dedicated facilities are required for reliable experimental data that will allow the modelling of these systems.

    Originality/value

    – The requirement for more experimental work has not yet been considered by the Industry, as it is a general belief that these networks will behave similar to the conventional ones.


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    Title :

    Superconducting electric power systems for hybrid electric aircraft


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2014-09-30


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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