The More Electrical Aircraft Domain addresses the challenges of technological breakthroughs with the aim of cutting CO2 emissions in half by 2050 based on the ambitious goals set by IATA[1]. Its expertise in electrical engineering means that the domain lies at the crossroads of every air transport, automobile and rail industry.
The technologies are grouped together in 3 competence centers:
The Domain helps to develop solutions that help replace hydraulic and pneumatic energy with electric energy, leading to global energy optimization on aircraft. It also participates to the electrification of propulsion requiring voltages of up to 3,000 volts on small carriers and hybrid solutions on large transporters. Thanks to their flexibility, the architecture can be redesigned with overall optimization of the aircraft and propulsion system.
The Domain delivers tools (demonstrators, tests, databases, models, optimization algorithms, guides, methodologies, recommendations for standards, etc.) to increase the power density of all the components in the electromechanical conversion chain and to reach overall optimization (loss reduction, 3D integration, interaction analysis and cooling). It uses new large-gap components, which are emerging in power electronics, and helps to build new technological bricks to boost the overall performance of converters, various components and electric motors. It also takes into account the aggravating factors of physical phenomena due to altitude, such as electric arcs and the partial discharges responsible for component failures, premature ageing and damage to electrical insulation systems.
[1] International Air Transport Association
Videos
Electromechanical chain optimization at IRT Saint Exupéry
High Performance Power Module Platform by Raphaël Riva
Power Convertor Platform by Bernardo Cogo
Electric Arcs Platform by Loïc Hermette
Electromechanical Chain Integration by Victor Dos Santos
Partial Discharges Platform by Thibaut Billard
Hysteresigraph Test Bench by Vincent Pauvert
Thermal Control/Cooling Platform by Laurent Lachassagne
News
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28/06/2019
[Portrait 04] Cédric Abadie, research engineer in partial discharges and 1st IRT Saint Exupéry PhD student
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13/05/2019
IRT PhD students visited aerospace companies in Bordeaux
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12/04/2019
Kamil Mrozewski defended his thesis on mechanical tightening of a single polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
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02/04/2019
Yuanci Zhang has defended her thesis on electrochemical energy storage
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12/03/2019
[Portrait 01] Laura Fourgeaud, research engineer in thermal science
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11/03/2019
Victor Dos Santos has defended his thesis on Conducted electromagnetic emissions
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13/02/2019
Alexandre Marie has defended his thesis on control and intensification of heat transfers
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23/01/2019
Caroline Gaya has defended her thesis on lithium-air batteries for aircraft applications
