Project description
Blue skies for greening aircraft power systems
Aircraft electrical power systems pose a challenge in the aviation industry due to their inefficiency and environmental impact. The EU-funded ASPIRE project plans to develop a potential solution to this problem. By combining its consortium’s world-leading expertise in aircraft electrical power systems and power electronics, ASPIRE aims to design and develop an advanced electrical power distribution system with enhanced electrical energy management capability. The project will feature a DC/DC resonant cellular converter with automatic inversion functionality. Its overall aim is to make aircraft power systems more efficient and environmentally friendly by combining world-leading expertise in power electronics, electrical power systems and smart grids with advanced modelling and simulation techniques.
Objective
The ASPIRE Consortium will bring together their world-leading expertise in aircraft Electrical Power Systems (EPS) and Power Electronics (PE) in order to design, develop and manufacture an innovative DC/DC resonant cellular converter with automatic inversion functionality. This will be a key component in the creation and demonstration of an advanced Electrical Power Distribution System (EPDS) with Enhanced Electrical Energy Management (E2-EM) capability.
The ASPIRE Consortium will combine world-leading expertise in technical areas of PE conversion, EPS, smart-girds and their control, as well as in modelling and simulation for aerospace applications to enable step change in the design and development of future aircraft electrical power systems by making them “smart” and more efficient hence contributing towards more efficient, more-green aviation.
Due to the leading roles played by the ASPIRE Coordinator, UNOTT, on international aerospace standards committee for aircraft electric systems (SAE AE-7), ASPIRE results will be integrated into the development of future standards for aircraft EPS architectures and concepts, demonstrating international impact of the project in addition to enabling further developments in REG IADP by development and implementation of smart-grid concept of Topic REG-01-10.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringelectric energy
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power distribution
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineeringheat engineering
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- natural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicstopology
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
CS2-RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
NG7 2RD Nottingham
United Kingdom