Airport Charging System Designs and Power Management for Megawatt-Level Charging of Battery-Electric Aircraft
2024 (English)In: ICAS Proceedings, International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences , 2024Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The adoption of electric aircraft (EA) offers notable environmental advantages by mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing regional accessibility through reduced operational costs. Despite these benefits, EA faces significant challenges, partly in achieving practical operational ranges and developing robust airport charging infrastructures. The infrastructure challenge is compounded by the need for rapid turnaround times (TAT) in regional aviation, requiring high-power charging solutions above 1 MW. This paper explores various topologies for EA power supply systems and discusses pros and cons with those. Furthermore, an optimization model is developed using quadratic programming (QP) to allocate charging power among multiple aircraft, ensuring efficient and reliable operations under different system configurations. Simulations evaluate the performance of these configurations, highlighting the impact of grid power capacity, dimensioning of battery energy storage systems (BESS), and number of charging stands on system feasibility. The findings in this paper provide a foundational framework for designing airport infrastructures capable of supporting a growing demand for electric aviation, ensuring efficient power management and minimal operational disruptions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences , 2024.
Series
ICAS Proceedings, ISSN 10259090
Keywords [en]
Battery management systems; Battery storage; Benchmarking; Charging stations; State of charge; Structural dynamics; Virtual storage; Airport design; Charging infrastructures; Charging systems; Electric aircrafts; Greenhouse gas emissions; High power; Operational range; Optimisations; Power; Turn-around time; Quadratic programming
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-76214Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85208779241OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-76214DiVA, id: diva2:1916358
Conference
34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2024.Florence, Italy. 9 September 2024through 13 September 2024
Note
This paper emerges from collaborative efforts within two Swedish research projects [16][17], funded by the Swedish Transport Administration, involving multiple key stakeholders within EA development, airports, air traffic management, charging equipment manufacturing, energy companies, research institutes, and academia.
2024-11-272024-11-272025-09-23Bibliographically approved