HYBRID ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

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HYBRID ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
Teaching
HYBRID ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
Subject area
ING-IND/08
Reference degree course
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Course type
Master's Degree
Credits
9.0
Teaching hours
Frontal Hours: 81.0
Academic year
2016/2017
Year taught
2017/2018
Course year
2
Language
ENGLISH
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Reference professor for teaching
DONATEO Teresa
Location
Brindisi

Teaching description

Sufficiency in flight mechanics and aerospace propulsion. Knowledge of working principles and thermo-fluidodynamic processes of Fluid Machinery and Energy Systems

Conventional and advanced propulsion systems for aircraft

Overview

The objectives of the course is to present a unified modeling approach for conventional and advanced aircraft powertrains that takes into account the specifications and the performance of their main components (energy converters, energy storage systems, energy transformes) and the flight mechanic of the aircraft

 

Learning Outcomes; after the course the student should be able to

*Describe the working principle of propellers and internal combustion engines;

*Compare performance and fuel consumption of piston, Wankel and turbine engines in flight and at part load;

*Describe and compare conventional and advanced supercharging systems;

*Describe the advantages and disadvantages of more electric aircraft, more electric engines, hybrid electric aircraft;

* Describe the working principle and compare different technologies of electric machines and electri storage systems;

* Simulate and optimize the energy flows in advanced aircraft powertrains.

 written, project work

The exam consists of two parts  

the first part is a written test; the student is asked to illustrate one theoretical topic; it is aimed to verify to what extent the student has gained knowledge and understanding of the selected topic of the course and is able to communicate about his/her understanding;

the second part: a project works regarding the simulation and/or optimization of an advanced powertrain; it is aimed to determine to what extent the student has problem solving abilities and the capacity to integrate different concepts and tools.

Conventional and advanced propulsion systems for aircraft:  

Turboprop and piston-prop systems. Propeller theory and modeling. More Electric Aircraft. Hybrid electric aircraft. Electric flight: fuel cell systems versus battery-based powertrains (6 hours);

      Engines for aircraft:    

Theory and modeling of piston, wankel and gas turbine engines. Effect of load and altitude on the performance of internal combustion engines. Conventional and advanced turbocharging systems. Performance maps of engines and propellers. Willan’s line scaling model. (21 hours). Solution to assigned problems with computer based techniques (10 hours).

Electric machines:

Classifications, performance maps, simplified models. (6 hours)

      Secondary storage systems:

Battery and supercapacitor. Energy and power densities, nominal capacity, life cycles. Simplified models. Other storage systems. (6 hours)

      Energy management strategies:

Charge depleting and charge sustaining. Supervisory controllers for series and parallel hybrid electric power systems.  (6 hours)

      Modeling and optimization of advanced powetrains

Backward and forward paradigms. Optimization methods and tools. Evolutionary algorithms for single-objective, multi-objective and many-objective optimization (9 hours). Homework (18 hours).

[1] Handouts (intranet.unisalento.it).

[2] Saeed Farokhi, "Aircraft Propulsion", Wiley

 [3] Guzzella, Sciarretta, "Vehicle Propulsion Systems", Springer

[4] Heywood, "Internal Combustion Engines Fundamentals", McGraw-Hill

[5] Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical knowledge, chapter 7 (Aircraft Systems)

Semester
Second Semester (dal 01/03/2018 al 01/06/2018)

Exam type
Optional

Type of assessment
Oral - Final grade

Course timetable
https://easyroom.unisalento.it/Orario

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