Periodic Reporting for period 3 - IGNITE (High performance generation channel Integration and Testing)
Reporting period: 2021-11-01 to 2022-10-31
The IGNITE has successfully delivered a high-speed power generation channel up to 45kW, 20,000rpm using an innovative nine-phase machine and modular AC/DC power converters.
• The high-power generation channel requirement and specification have been captured in WP1, with deliverable D4 (D1.1) Preliminary Requirement Specification has been delivered.
• The test rig architecture and function (part of WP2) was completed and the deliverable D7 (D2.1) was approved by TM.
• The preliminary design of IGNITE test rig (WP3) has also been completed and the deliverable D5 (D3.1) was approved the TM.
• The WP4 test rig and data acquisition has completed and the deliverable D6(D4.1) has been approved by the TM
• The test rig commissioning plan WP5 has completed with the deliverable D8 Commissioning plan approved by the TM
• The equipment for the IGNITE test rig has been purchased and now is waiting for the long lead time items to arrive (WP6)
• The QUICK test platform has successfully passed the test readiness review stage (WP7) in Nov 2021 with Test procedure deliverable D11 (D8.1) in WP8.
• The QUICK test readiness review meeting D10 (D7.1)
• The IGNITE generation channel integration and testing in Q3 – Q4 2022.
Within this project,3 conference papers and 3 Journal papers have been published and there are another 3 Journals papers are under preparation.
The IGNITE consortium developed a high-performance test bench with supervisor control for high-performance electrical power generation system validation and test applications. Building on the UNOTT experience in aerospace electrical power generation system development, test and validation including AEGART starter/generation system in the frame of Clean Sky Eco-Design ITD and the on-going Clean Sky2 project ACHIEVE (JTI-CS2-2016-CFP03-ENG-01-07), the developed test bench embraced with following specifications:
• Mechanical drive requirement: 60kW
• Short-term mechanical drive overload: 80kW
• Generator speed of rotation: 5000-20000rpm
• Continuous electrical load requirement: 20kW
• Short-term electrical overload: 40kW
• Maximum heat rejection to Conditioned liquid cooling during continuous operation: 10kW
The successful achievement of IGNITE has relied on strong know-how and expertise in the following areas:
• Strong capability in validation and verification of high-performance machine performance
• High-speed and high-performance test rig design
• Supervisor control and data acquisition system design and implementation
• Test equipment specification and commissioning
The partners within the IGNITE consortium have a widely recognised expertise and world-leading reputation to cover these requirements, as overviewed in the following sub-sections.