GE

Aviation
Systems

Electric power technologies for

all electric aircraft
Pranav Patel
Chief Marketing Officer

July 2010

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Drivers for innovation towards electric
powered aircrafts
• Less atmosphere heating … global
Warming

• Cleaner sky flight … environmental C

degradation C C
• Quieter flight … human comfort demand

ise
Fuel

No
• Energy resource conservation and
recreation … energy shortage

• Efficient transport (less delays) … reliable

systems

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Progression toward electric powered
aircrafts

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Power in today’s aircraft … 4 sources
& 4 types
Sources Types Energy Flow & Functions
Hydraulic
Engine Propulsion: System

Thrust Flight Cntrl & Utility

Landing Gear
Engine
APU Aircraft Propulsion
Systems: Electrical Pwr
Electrical Hydraulic Pwr
Hydraulic Power
Pneumatic Pneumatic Pwr
RAT System
System
Electric Motors
Pneumatic Lighting De-Ice
Heating Environmental
Ground Electrical Avionics Control System
Subsystem
Controllers

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Progression
Conventional More Electric All Electric Electric
Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Propulsion
(i.e. B737, A320, etc.) (B787, A380, F-35) Aircraft
Engine • Gas turbine • Gas turbine • Gas turbine • Electric
• Less hydraulic & • NO hydraulic propulsion
pneumatic & pneumatic
extraction extraction
Hydraulic • Flight control

F-35
System • Landing gear
• Utility actuation

Pneumatic • De-ice 787

System • ECS

Electric
Electric
Electrical • Motors
Electric

Power • Lighting & Heating

System • Avionics
• System controllers

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Power in electric propulsion aircraft

Sources Types Energy Flow & Functions

Electric Load
Engine
Propulsion: Propulsion
Fuel
Cells Electrical

Electric Load
Actuation &
Landing Gear
Battery Electrical Power
System
Propulsion
Aircraft Electric Motors Electrical Load
Ground Systems: Lighting & Heating ECS/De-Ice
Avionics
Electrical Actuation & Landing Gear
ECS & De-Ice
Subsystem Controllers

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Path to future … imagination at work
GE

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Evolution & technologies
More Electric
Aircraft
GEnx
Power Technologies
Int. propulsion system
VF generators (S/G)
Solid state modular power tile
MOS distribution unit
E-ECS
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Energy Zero Emission Aircraft
Optimized Clean
Sky Aircraft
GE High Speed Super
Conducting Motor
Power Technologies
Int. electric propulsion system
GE Open Rotor Solid state modular power tile
Power Technologies SiC conversion, distribution, cntrl.
Int. propulsion system EMA for flight cntrl. & utility functions
VF engine integrated S/G E-ECS
Distributed E-redundancy
Solid state modular power tile
Dynamic energy management
SiC conversion, distribution, cntrl.
High density fuel cell
EHA/EMA for flight cntrl.
High density storage
E-ECS
E-landing & taxing
Active energy management
Solar power
RAT/APU replacement
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Technology pipeline and needs

• Evolutionary process … need to develop and mature

technologies in progressive steps

• Many technologies are common in more electric, energy

optimized and zero emission aircraft … maturation path

• Power and energy densities as well as reliability of fuel

cells and batteries are the biggest bottlenecks

Electrical Power Integration System Center (EPISCENTER) For

MFEA/MEA/AEA/EPA

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Potential architecture for ZE aircraft
Potential Architecture Key
Technologies
; High speed
super
conducting
machine

; High
density fuel
cells &
batteries

; EM actuation
; SiC based
modules

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Key technologies … development walk
1 High speed super conducting machine
Zero Emission
Aircraft
High temp super High speed super Pivot point
conducting motors conducting motors E- propulsion
2 Fuel cells

H2 gen based Battery-Fuel Cell for SOFC Fuel Cell w/t

for EPU power/energy balance opt. densities
3 Jam free electro-mechanical actuation

SiC based flt. Jam free nano- Fully certified EMA

GE Global Research
cntrl. for EMA mat. based EMA for flt. cntrl.
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4 SiC proliferation
EPISCENTER
SiC
Devices Conversion Distribution GCU
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Summary

• Electrification … a step toward clean, efficient and

comfortable transportation

• Key technologies are being developed and slowly

adopted

• Requires government-industry collaboration for

acceleration … research, development and adoption

• GE … committed in development and commercialization

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