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A Hybrid Storage Systems for All Electric Aircraft

Alfonso DamianoNicola CampagnaA. O. Di TommasoVincenzo CastigliaG. BossiRosario Miceli

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SupercapacitorBattery (electricity)business.industryComputer scienceBatteryComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMSSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciHybrid storage systemEnergy storageAutomotive engineeringPower (physics)Electrically powered spacecraft propulsionPower electronicsComputer data storageSupercapacitorsPower engineeringbusinessAll-electric aircraft

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A hybrid energy storage system specifically designed for a fully electric aircraft is presented in the paper. The analysis of the time evolution of the power demand of the electric propulsion system during a test mission of Maxwell X-57, an all-electric aircraft developed by NASA, has pointed out the presence of significant peak power during take-off and air tack. Considered the issues related to weight and the volume of the energy storage systems (ESSs) in all-electric aircraft, a hybridization of aircraft ESS with a Supercapacitors (SCs) bank, devoted to smooth peak power demand, has been investigated. A comparison between the simulation results of an electrochemical battery and hybrid ESSs, designed on the test mission of Maxwell X-57 power demand, has been developed. The advantage of hybrid configuration with respect to battery-based one in term of volume and weight reduction is finally presented.

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2021-07-142021 IEEE 15th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG)
https://doi.org/10.1109/cpe-powereng50821.2021.9501189