access icon openaccess Design, construction, and testing of an aero-engine starter-generator for the more-electric aircraft

This study describes the design, construction, and testing of an aero-engine starter-generator and its associated power electronic converter. A high-speed, permanent magnet machine and a dual-channel machine-facing converter with an electrical power offtake rating of 95 kW have been developed for a small civil turbofan application. The study also describes the more-electric architecture into which the machine and converter are integrated and reviews the multi-faceted performance specification, which is a common feature of machines of this type.

Inspec keywords: jet engines; aerospace engines; permanent magnet machines; starting; power electronics; aircraft power systems; avionics; aircraft; gas turbines

Other keywords: more-electric architecture; aero-engine starter-generator; power 95.0 kW; dual-channel machine-facing converter; electrical power offtake rating; permanent magnet machine; testing; associated power electronic converter; more-electric aircraft

Subjects: Power convertors and power supplies to apparatus; a.c. machines; Aerospace industry; Engines; Aerospace propulsion; d.c. machines; Control of electric power systems; Aerospace power systems; Applied fluid mechanics

References

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      • 1. Balachandran, A., Boden, M., Sun, Z., et al: ‘The design and development of an electrical power offtake solution for a more-electric concept’. Proc. of MEA2017 More-Electric Aircraft, Bordeaux, February 2017.
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      • 2. Atallah, K., Zhu, Z.Q., Howe, D.: ‘An improved method for predicting iron losses in brushless permanent magnet DC drives’, IEEE Trans. Magn., 1992, 28, (5), pp. 29972999.
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