The SCOPUS project Partners have designed, developed, manufactured, and tested the SCOPUS converters following the design flow of an aircraft-grade product.
The development started from the analysis of the requirements specification provided by the TM at the onset of the project. System level requirements were reviewed and equipment requirements derived. Existing and state-of-the-art technologies and designs were explored and the converter design continued through the architecture definition.
After the review of the requirements and the completion of the architecture design, the project Partners focused on the converter design, which included preliminary design - validation of equipment requirements and compliance with the preliminary design, analysis, and validation of the key components with a focus on magnetics, preliminary design analyses and 3D model – followed by a detailed design phase.
During the detailed design phase, the preliminary analyses were further refined and results confirmed; developed detailed CAD drawings, energy management controls, supervision, etc. The reliability of the converter was evaluated based on MIL-HDBK-217F supplemented by the VITA51.1 standard, and the improvements areas of the MTBF were highlighted for further developments. The safety of the converter has been analysed and safety-critical events have been investigated and redundancies introduced into the design. Safety critical events such as loss of isolation between the HV and LV sides of the converter have been thoroughly investigated and mitigated.
The project concluded with the manufacturing, assembly, and integration of four DC/DC converter modules. Environmental testing and multi-module operation characterisation of the bi-directional power converter were deferred due to scheduling constraints.
The impacts on project exploitation and dissemination due to covid-19 have been unavoidable, for example the Farnborough Airshow 2020 has been held in digital format. The Partners have communicated the SCOPUS project through social media and their company presentation. Posters have been presented at Le Bourget 2019, the Dubai Air Show 2019 and Farnborough 2022.
The University of Seville contributed to the dissemination of the project achievements through publications and one PhD thesis.
