25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-7.5.1

GENERATOR POWER OPTIMISATION FOR A MORE-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BY USE OF A VIRTUAL IRON BIRD

C. Schallert, A. Pfeiffer*, J. Bals
German Aerospace Centre, Germany; *Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics

Keywords: electric supply system, generator design power, overload capability, aircraft systems model library, optimisation algorithm

The paper presents how the load distribution within the electrical power system of future more-electrical aircrafts can be optimised, such that generator peak loads are reduced to minimum. The complexity of this problem is displayed by manually performed optimisation, whereas an automated approach shows the capabilities of integrated software tools.

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