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Discussion on Electric Power Supply Systems for All Electric Aircraft

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Schefer, Hendrik, Fauth, Leon, Kopp, Tobias H., Mallwitz, Regine, Friebe, Jens, Kurrat, Michael·2020·IEEE Access

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The electric power supply system is one of the most important research areas within sustainable and energy-efficient aviation for more- and especially all electric aircraft. This paper discusses the history in electrification, current trends with a broad overview of research activities, state of the art of electrification and an initial proposal for a short-range aircraft. It gives an overview of the mission profile, electrical sources, approaches for the electrical distribution system and the required electrical loads. Current research aspects and questions are discussed, including voltage levels, semiconductor technology, topologies and reliability. Because of the importance for safety possible circuit breakers for the proposed concept are also presented and compared, leading to a initial proposal. Additionally, a very broad review of literature and a state of the art discussion of the wiring harness is given, showing that this topic comes with a high number of aspects and requirements. Finally, the conclusion sums up the most important results and gives an outlook on important future research topics.

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Authors: Schefer, H., Fauth, L., Kopp, T. H., Mallwitz, R., Friebe, J., & Kurrat, M.
Affiliations: Technische Universität Braunschweig (DE)
Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
ORCID: Schefer, Hendrik
Fauth, Leon
Kopp, Tobias H.
Mallwitz, Regine
Friebe, Jens
Kurrat, Michael
Venue: IEEE Access
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Published: 2020
Volume: 8
Pages: 84188-84216
ISSN: 2169-3536 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.2991804
OpenAlex: W3021371202
Cited by: 217
References: 120
Citations by year: 2026: 22 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 5
FWCI: 9.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: other-oa
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode (vor)
Locations: IEEE Access (publishedVersion, other-oa)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Digitale Bibliothek Braunschweig (Verbundzentrale Göttingen (VZG)) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) through the Germany’s Excellence Strategy-EXC 2163/1-Sustainable and Energy Efficient Aviation (390881007)
Open Access Publication Funds of the Technische Universität Braunschweig
Topics: Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Multilevel Inverters and Converters
Keywords: all-electric aircraft, power supply systems, aircraft electrification, electrical distribution systems, electrical load, voltage levels, semiconductor technology, power electronics topology, reliability, circuit breakers, wiring harness, short-range aircraft

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