Algorithms

Algorithms

Control and supervision algorithms for aeronautical equipment are part of Aeromechs skills

Specific support can be provided by Aeromechs referring to supervision and control strategies for aeronautical equipment. Generators, converters, electrical power centers needs to be properly regulated in order to satisfy safety and performances target, allowing their integration on a complex aeronautical system. Aeromechs has significant experience related to the design of controllers and supervisors for aeronautical equipment. The wide experience of Aeromechs in this field, as witnessed also by several scientific papers produced  on the topic, can be useful to companies willing to optimize the operations of the equipment produced. A specific example of challenge where control and supervision techniques needs to be carefully designed is related to “energy management” techniques, intended as real-time algorithms used in order to efficiently redirect the energy flows onboard, for achieving maximum performances during flight time and optimization of the power flows with consequent fuel savings.

Related papers

[1] B.Guida, L. Rubino, P.Marino, A.Cavallo, “Implementation of control and protection logics for a bidirectional DC/DC converter”, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2010), pp. 2696-2701, Bari (Italy), July 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4244-6390-9.

[2] L. Rubino, B. Guida, F. Liccardo, P. Marino, A. Cavallo, “Buck-Boost DC/DC converter for aeronautical applications”, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2010), pp. 2690-2695, Bari (Italy), July 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4244-6390-9.

[3] B. Guida, A. Cavallo, “Average models for aeronautical electrical networks: an application for intelligent load power management”, in Proc. SAE Power System Conference 2012 (SAE PSC 2012) , Phoenix (USA), October 2012, DOI: 10.4271/2012-01-2216.

[4] A. Cavallo, B. Guida, “Sliding mode control for DC/DC converters”, in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2012 (CDC 2012), pp. 7088-7094, Hawaii (USA), December 2012, ISBN: 978-1-4673-2065-8.

[5] B. Guida, A. Cavallo, “A Petri net application for energy management in aeronautical networks”, in Proc. IEEE Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2013), pp. 1-6, September 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4799-0862-2

[6] A. Cavallo, B. Guida, L. Rubino, “Boost full bridge bidirectional DC/DC converter for supervised aeronautical applications”, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering 2014, pp. 1-13.

[7] A. Cavallo, B.Guida, “Sliding mode control for aeronautical electrical generators”, in Proc. More Electric Aircraft conference 2014 (MEA 2015), pp. 1-4, Toulouse (FR), February 2015.

[8] B. Guida, A. Cavallo, “Intelligent Power Regulation using Innovative Modules for Energy Supervision”, in Proc. IEEE Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles 2015 (ESARS 2015), pp. 1-6, Aachen (DE), March 2015.

[9] A. Cavallo, B. Guida, “Power management of DC aeronautical electrical networks including supercapacitors”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology 2015 (ICIT 2015), pp. 2015-2020, Seville (ES), March 2015, DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125392.

[10] A. Cavallo, B. Guida, A. Buonanno, E. Sparaco, “Smart Buck-Boost Converter Unit Operations for Aeronautical Applications”, in Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2015 (CDC 2015), pp. 4734 – 4739, Osaka (JP), December 2015, DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2015.7402957.

[11] Buonanno, A., Sparaco, E., Cavallo, A. Cavallo, B. Guida, Todd, R., Forsyth, A.J., “Rate-limiter control comparison for energy storage systems in aerospace applications”, IET Conference Publications, 2016

[12] A. Cavallo, G. Canciello, B. Guida, “Supervised control of buck-boost converters for aeronautical applications”, Automatica, 2017.

[13] A. Cavallo, G. Canciello, B. Guida, “Supervisory control of DC-DC bidirectional converter for advanced aeronautic applications”, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2017.

[14] A. Cavallo, G. Canciello, B. Guida, “Energy Storage System Control for Energy Management in Advanced Aeronautic Applications”, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2017

[15] A. Cavallo, G. Canciello, B. Guida, “Robust control of aeronautical electrical generators for energy management applications”, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2017

[16] A. Cavallo, G. Canciello, B. Guida, “Control of energy storage systems for aeronautic applications”, Journal of Control Science and Engineering, 2017