Smart Electric Power Management Onboard Aircraft
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This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) covers the basic terms and definitions, as well as core functionalities of innovative smart electric power systems onboard aircraft. These systems now become very sophisticated and integrate all the EPS layers, including generation, distribution, conversion, consumption and energy storage, offering coordinated control over these to maximise safety and efficiency of the flight operations. This document considers basic principles of such systems and provide examples of implementing innovative functions they can offer, including flexibility of architecture, smart power managements and others.
Rationale: This Aerospace Information Report (AIR) summarises recent developments in the area of smart electric power management onboard future generations of air vehicles. Recent advances of power electronics and control systems turn onboard electric power networks into the sort of smart microgrids, with online control of power flows in real time optimising energy required to perform flight operations.
The document discusses recent achievements and ideas in the field, and intends to supplement existing ARP5584 “Document for Electric Power Management” issued in 2002 and reaffirmed in 2011.
