Abstract
Large-scale electric aircraft is a disruptive technology to address the environmental impact of air travel. Fault current limitation is crucial to realise the safety and reliability of the electric aircraft, in particular for large-scale electric aircraft using DC distribution network. This paper investigates the behavior of the resistive SFCL under different cryogenic cooling systems including liquid nitrogen and helium gas circulation cooling systems for the electric aircraft DC distribution network. Electromagnetic and thermoelectric models were used to predict the characteristics of resistive SFCL. The simulation results demonstrate that it is promising to design resistive SFCL using liquid nitrogen cooling as well as helium gas circulation cooling systems, which offer flexibility for SFCL cryogenic cooling system for electric aircraft applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5600306 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 18 Jan 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2023 |
Funding
This work was supported by the U.K. Aerospace Technology Institute Under Contract 103136 - zero emissions for sustainable transport 1 (ZEST 1).
Keywords
- ASCEND
- Atmospheric modeling
- Coolants
- Cryogenics
- Electric aircraft
- High-temperature superconductors
- Mathematical models
- Resistive superconducting fault current limiters
- Superconducting films
- Superconducting magnets
- Thickness measurement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering