The rapid maturation of electrified aircraft and the underlying technologies has outpaced the development of corresponding standards and guidelines. This is especially true with respect to the design and test of high voltage power systems and equipment. To expedite the development of these standards and guidelines, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) Project has designed and built the Advanced Reconfigurable Electrified Aircraft Laboratory (AREAL). AREAL is a 200 kW High Voltage DC (HVDC) test facility that can be reconfigured to test various electrical power system (EPS) architectures and/or different types of Utilization Equipment (UE). This paper will cover AREAL and its capabilities, the testing planned within AREAL, and how the tests performed within AREAL will inform developing HVDC Power System standards, test methods and guidelines, and models.


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    Title :

    NASA Advanced Reconfigurable Electrified Aircraft Laboratory (AREAL)


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    Conference:

    2023 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS) ; 2023 ; San Diego, CA, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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