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Xavier Collazo-Fernandez

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NASA Glenn Electric Propulsion Work

NASA Glenn Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) Presentation Outline: High-Voltage, High-Power EAP - Standards and Regulations - Safety and Certification - High Power Density, High-Efficiency Electric Machines and Drives - Thermal Management - Fault Management - Superconducting Electric Machines - Materials Research - Modeling Tools - Advanced Controls

Electric Propulsion↗

NASA AREAL Testbed and UE Power Quality Testing

A large number of electrified aircraft propulsion systems currently in development consist of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power systems and utilization equipment (UE). There is a need for industry consensus standards and guidelines in order to support the development and verification of these rapidly maturing systems, user equipment, and associated technologies. To support the aforementioned need, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) Project is performing ongoing power quality testing on HVDC power systems and associated UE. The testing described in this paper describes the UE testing completed to date in the NASA Advanced Reconfigurable Electrified Aircraft Lab (AREAL).

electrified aircraft↗

Validation of the NASA Electrical Power System – Sizing and Analysis Tool (EPS-SAT)

The electrification of aircraft propulsion systems has opened the design space for engineers by allowing for unique and highly specialized propulsion system and vehicle designs. NASA developed the Electrical Power System – Sizing and Analysis Tool (EPS-SAT) to conduct high-level trade studies and sensitivity studies on the various propulsion system designs that can be implemented in electrified aircraft. The results of these studies would be used to better direct investment dollars and determine strengths and weaknesses of propulsion system designs. In this paper, the results of the EPS-SAT tool were validated with hardware data extracted from the NASA Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) Advanced Reconfigurable Electric Aircraft Lab (AREAL). Updated performance maps were added to the EPS-SAT library so that high-fidelity results could be calculated.

Patrick A. Hanlon↗