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Deliverables

Gap analysis - initial release and IM 2023-report

"Initial report on assumed and confirmed technology gaps to reach the project objectives, and approach to the gap mitigation and outlook. The deliverable also presents the 2023-progress versus all target indicators and maturity levels announced in the D12.23 ""IM Reference, KPIs, Targets and TRL"" deliverable for the different systems/sub-systems and technologies."

“Proof of signature of Consortium Agreement”

Deliverable confirming that the Consortium Agreement has been signed by all partners.

Propulsion Motor and Inverter trade studies summary

Trade-off study report

IM – Reference, KPIs, Targets and TRL

The deliverable defines the reference aircraft or technology serving as a baseline for performance comparison, the contribution to Clean Aviation High Level Goals (HLGs), the related technical performance KPIs to be defined by the technology owners, as well as any other relevant socio-economic KPIs. It presents the targeted objectives for each of the above selected KPIs along the project, at well-defined maturity gates up to project end. The deliverable also defines the TRL scale for each technology development and expected progress in terms of TRL level along the project timeline at the above maturity gates as well as at project end for the different systems/ sub-systems and technologies

Design report on the battery management system

Document describing the battery management system design and its validation summary

Project Management Plan

Document describing how the project will be managed over the project lifetime. It will clearly define the roles & responsibilities, internal processes, management operating system etc.

Aircraft-level mechanical system integration analyses report

Document summarizing feasible approaches to the fuel cell propulsion system integration within the aircraft, both CS23 and CS25

Dissemination & Communication Plan

Document providing detailed plan for dissemination and communication activities.

Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan outlining the main aspects of the lifecycle of research outputs, notably the generated data, since the beginning of the project.

Publications

Investigating the Thermal Aging Effect on Hairpin PEEK Insulated Wires through PDIV Measurements

Author(s): Hadi Naderiallaf, Michele Degano, David Gerada, Christopher Gerada
Published in: 2024 10th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis (CMD), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/CMD62064.2024.10766278

Accelerated Control Design of Four-phase Interleaved Boost Converter Using PSIM and Hardware-in-the-loop Platform

Author(s): Xinyang Hao, Paolo Colombo, Tao Yang
Published in: 2024 International Symposium on Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering (ISEEIE), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISEEIE62461.2024.00037

Conceptual Study of 80-Pax Fuel Cell-Driven Aircraft for Sustainable Aviation

Author(s): Diego Giuseppe Romano, Etienne Guillame Behar, Riccardo Premuni, Mattia Barbarino, Gianpiero Buzzo, Giovanni Fasulo
Published in: The 15th EASN International Conference on &ldquo;Innovation in Aviation &amp; Space Towards Sustainability Today &amp; Tomorrow&rdquo;, 2026
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ENGPROC2026133031

Design of a 1MW-Class Permanent Magnet Machine Featuring Multiphase Hairpin Windings for Electric Aircraft Propulsion

Author(s): Anh Thanh Huynh, Hailin Huang, Jianan Jiang, Tianjie Zou, David Gerada, Tao Yang, Chris Gerada, Min-Fu Hsieh
Published in: 2024 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/VPPC63154.2024.10755419

Design Strategies for Scalable and Modular Aerospace Electrical Machines

Author(s): Mostafa Ahmadi Darmani, Mukhammed Murataliyev, David Gerada, Chris Gerada
Published in: 2024 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICEM60801.2024.10700357

An Improved Homopolar Generator Topology for Reduced DC-Link Voltage Ripple Using Passive Diode Rectifiers

Author(s): Amedeo Vannini, Ioannis Kougioulis, Mukhammed Murataliyev, Antonino La Rocca, Alessandro Marfoli, Chris Gerada
Published in: 2023 IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications (PEASA), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PEASA58318.2023.10235604

Aviation Specific Design for Environment Matrix

Author(s): Gabriela Gromer, Thomas Reichert
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Fraunhofer ICT
DOI: 10.24406/W-34800

Modeling Air Pressure Impact on PDIV for Rectangular Wire Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors Under Different Voltage Waveform Excitations

Author(s): Hadi Naderiallaf, Michele Degano, Christopher Gerada
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3506053

Optimal Voltage Selection for Electrical Power Systems on More Electric Aircraft

Author(s): Xin Wang, Jason Atkin, Shen Yeoh, Serhiy Bozhko
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles &amp; International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ESARS-ITEC60450.2024.10819781

Dual-Active-Bridge and Half-Bridge-Active-Clamp Converters for Electric Aircraft Applications

Author(s): Xingyu Yan, Tao Yang, Osama Hebala, Serhiy Bozhko
Published in: 2025 IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications (PEASA), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PEASA64120.2025.11182443

Humidity Impact on Streamer Inception Parameters for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors

Author(s): Hadi Naderiallaf, Yatai Ji, Paolo Giangrande, Michael Galea, Michele Degano, Christopher Gerada
Published in: 2024 IEEE 5th International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD), 2024, ISSN 2834-8311
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICD59037.2024.10613207

On Comparing Aluminum and Copper in Wound Field Synchronous Motors for Traction Applications

Author(s): Gaia Petrelli, Gregorio Cutuli, Stefano Nuzzo, Davide Barater, Tianjie Zou, Chris Gerada
Published in: 2024 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICEM60801.2024.10700570

Design of Continuous Hairpin Winding for Multi-Phase MW-Class Electric Aircraft Propulsion

Author(s): Hailin Huang, Tianjie Zou, Anh Thanh Huynh, David Gerada, Tao Yang, Chris Gerada
Published in: 2025 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WEMDCD61816.2025.11014161

Control Strategy of Advanced Power Generation Architecture for More-Electric Aircraft Applications

Author(s): Ge Bai, Tao Yang, Seang Shen Yeoh, Serhiy Bozhko, Patrick Wheeler
Published in: 2023 IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications (PEASA), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PEASA58318.2023.10235443

Model Reference Adaptive System Based Dual Three-Phase PMSM Sensorless Control with Parameter Estimation for More-Electric Aircraft Applications

Author(s): Shengyu Cao, Tao Yang, Yuzheng Chen, Serhiy Bozhko, Pericle Zanchetta
Published in: 2023 IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications (PEASA), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PEASA58318.2023.10235526

Optimizing Multiphase Hairpin Windings with a Two-Level Approach for High-Efficiency and Highpower Density Aircraft Electric Propulsion

Author(s): Anh Thanh Huynh, Hailin Huang, Tianjie Zou, David Gerada, Tao Yang, Chris Gerada
Published in: 2025 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WEMDCD61816.2025.11014130

Community And Cabin Noise Assessment Of A 19-Seater Hydrogen-Electric Airliner

Author(s): Mattia Barbarino, Giovanni Fasulo, Antonio Pagano, Antonio Visingardi, Fabrizio Morlando, Francesco Petrosino, Miha Zupanič, Jernej Drofelnik
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum / EuroNoise 2025, 2025
Publisher: European Acoustics Association
DOI: 10.61782/FA.2025.0214

Thermoplastic Recycling and LCA in Aircraft Application

Author(s): Gyu-Eun Cho
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Fraunhofer ICT
DOI: 10.24406/W-34808

Load dependencies in experimental modal analysis of a hydrogen fuel cell stack

Author(s): Gallas, Simone; Denayer, Hervé; Kosova, Giancarlo; Fasulo, Giovanni; Barbarino, Mattia; Ekblad, Oskar; Naets, Frank; Pluymers, Bert
Published in: NVHH 2025 Proceedings; 2025; Vol. 1; iss. 1; pp. 40 - 44, 2025

ANN-Aided Virtual-Space-Vector PWM Strategy for Three-Level NPC Inverter Using Sextant-Coordinate Mapping for Heavy-Duty EV Applications

Author(s): Feng Guo, Yuan Gao, Tao Yang, Serhiy Bozhko, Tomislav Dragičević, Patrick Wheeler, Yue Zhao
Published in: 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ITEC60657.2024.10598953

PDIV Modeling for Rectangular Wire Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors at Different Cruising Altitudes

Author(s): Hadi Naderiallaf, Christopher Gerada, Michele Degano, and David Gerada
Published in: 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICEM60801.2024.10700449

Aircraft Drive Inverter Design at Physical Limits

Author(s): Markus Meindl, Julius Zettelmeier, Christian Bentheimer, Florian Hilpert, Märtin Marz
Published in: 2023 IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications (PEASA), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PEASA58318.2023.10235585

Environmental Testing and Engineering in Aerospace

Author(s): Thomas Reichert, Gabriela Gromer, Peter Brantsch
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Fraunhofer ICT
DOI: 10.24406/W-35130

Steady-State DC Offsets Suppression of the Dual Active Bridge Converter for More-Electric Aircraft Applications

Author(s): Yiren Zhu, Xinyang Hao, Zhenyu Wang, Tomislav Dragicevic, Serhiy Bozhko, Patrick Wheeler, Tao Yang
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2332-7782
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2025.3575903

Model Predictive Control of a High-Turn-Ratio Dual-Active Bridge Converter Considering Interlinking Inductances

Author(s): Yiren Zhu, Xinyang Hao, Tao Yang, Zhenyu Wang, Xingyu Yan, Tomislav Dragicevic, Serhiy Bozhko, Patrick Wheeler
Published in: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2168-6777
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2025.3582152

Dual-Axis Alternating High-Frequency Pulse Voltage Injection-Based Initial Position Detection Method for Dual Three-Phase PMSM Drives

Author(s): Guangdong Bi, Kaixuan Wang, Tao Yang, Thomas Klonowski
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2025, ISSN 0278-0046
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2025.3569984

A Modeling Approach for Assessing Vibration Immunity in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stack for Aeronautical Applications

Author(s): Giovanni Fasulo; Simone Gallas; Hervé Denayer; Oskar Ekblad; Giancarlo Kosova; Mattia Barbarino
Published in: Applied Sciences Special Issue Advances in Aerostructural Analysis, Design, and Optimization, 2025, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: Applied Sciences
DOI: 10.3390/APP16010069

IEEE Access

Author(s): Hadi Naderiallaf; Michele Degano; Christopher Gerada
Published in: IEEE Access, 2024, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3506053

Initial Position Identification of Multiphase PMSM Based on Dual-Winding Symmetrical Pulse Voltage Excitation Using Boundary-Constrained PSO

Author(s): Guangdong Bi, Kaixuan Wang, Zeliang Zhang, Tao Yang
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2026, ISSN 0885-8993
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2026.3675529

Data-Driven Line Resistance Estimation for Adaptive Droop Control with Voltage Restoration

Author(s): Habibu Hussaini, Tao Yang, Serhiy Bozhko
Published in: IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 2026, ISSN 2687-9735
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/JESTIE.2026.3672296

Optimization and Comparison of 1 MW-Class PM Motors for Aircraft Propulsion Using Litz Wire and Hairpin Windings

Author(s): Anh Thanh Huynh, Hailin Huang, Jianan Jiang, Tianjie Zou, David Gerada, Tao Yang, Chris Gerada
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Issue 61, 2025, ISSN 0018-9464
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2025.3547237

Hardware-based electric drive train fault detection unit enabling fail-operational capabilities for aviation applications

Author(s): Leonard Kuhn, Markus Meindl, Christian Bentheimer, Martin März
Published in: Aerospace Science and Technology, Issue 172, 2026, ISSN 1270-9638
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.AST.2026.111681

Continuous Hairpin Winding Technology for Electric Machines Enabling Net Zero Transportation: A Comprehensive Review

Author(s): Hailin Huang, Tianjie Zou, Mauro Di Nardo, Amedeo Vannini, Anh Thanh Huynh, Michele Degano, David Gerada, Tao Yang, Chris Gerada
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-1330
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3575187

Sensorless Control Design and Stability Analysis of High-Speed Dual Three-Phase Permanent Motor Drive for Future Aircraft Applications

Author(s): Guangdong Bi, Yuzheng Chen, Kaixuan Wang, Shengyu Cao, Tao Yang
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Issue 40, 2025, ISSN 0885-8993
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2025.3570244

: Insights of the Eco-Statement Results for an Innovative Composite Aircraft Seating Structure Compared to a Metallic Seating Structure

Author(s): Peter Brantsch
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Fraunhofer ICT
DOI: 10.24406/W-34807

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