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

authors

  • BATALLER PLANES, E.
  • LAPENA REY, N.
  • MOSQUERA, JONAY
  • OLIVER, J.A.
  • GARCIA, OSCAR
  • MORENO, FELIX
  • PORTILLA, JORGE
  • TORROJA FUNGAIRIÑO, YAGO
  • VASIC, M.
  • HUERTA SANTA, CONCEPCIÓN
  • TROCKI, M.
  • ZUMEL VAQUERO, PABLO
  • COBOS, JOSE A.
  • ORTI, F.

publication date

  • December 2009

start page

  • 2856

end page

  • 2866

issue

  • 12

volume

  • 24

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0885-8993

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1941-0107

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.