Power Balance of a Hybrid Power Source in a Power Plant for a Small Propulsion Aircraft

Author

Bataller-Planes, Elena ; Lapea-Rey, N. ; Mosquera, Jonay ; Orti, F. ; Oliver, Jesús Á ; Garcia, O. ; Moreno, Félix ; Portilla, Jorge ; Torroja, Yago ; Vasic, M. ; Huerta, Santa Concepcion ; Trocki, Matías ; Zumel, Pablo ; Cobos, José A.

Author_Institution

Environmentally Progressive Air Transp. Dept., Boeing Co., Madrid, Spain

Volume

24

Issue

12

fYear

2009

Firstpage

2856

Lastpage

2866

Abstract

This paper analyzes two different architectures for a hybrid power source comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and a Li ion battery. The hybrid power source feeds the propulsion motor of an all-electrical aircraft, the Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator. Unregulated and regulated hybrid power architectures are examined. The regulation is achieved by means of a controllable series boost converter (SBC) connected in series with the fuel cell. Both architectures have been simulated, implemented, and tested in the Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator airplane.

Keywords

aircraft; fuel cells; hybrid power systems; propulsion; secondary cells; hybrid power source; ion battery; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; power balance; power plant; propulsion aircraft; Fuel cell; hybrid power source; power balance; series boost converter (SBC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPEL.2009.2022943

Filename

5200417