Innovative Aircraft Electrical Power Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The need for aircraft electrification has become more pressing in recent years due to the environmental impact of traditional fossil fuel-based engines. The aviation industry is responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions and there is growing pressure to reduce this impact.

However, there are several challenges to achieving widespread aircraft electrification. The rapidly expanding electrical power system topology and the increased electrical power demand leads to more reliance on electrical machines, power converters, and energy storage systems. This may cause system stability issues if not analysed carefully, and unoptimised systems can contribute to unnecessary additional weight and power losses. There is need in this area to address these issues to satisfy stability and safety requirements.

The scope of this Special Issue is to give an opportunity to the presenters to share and propose their own contributions in the area of full/hybrid electric aircraft application:

• Novel topologies, including modelling and power system analysis;
• Power management and/or supervisor control strategies;
• Trade-off and/or optimisation strategies for different aircraft topologies;
• Drives and/or power converter control design and stability analysis;
• State-of-the-art and/or upcoming key technologies for future aircraft.

Dr. Seang Shen Yeoh
Guest Editor

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