Development of Aerospace Power System Laboratory for Advanced Research and Undergraduate Education

Abstract

This paper presents the theory, implementation, and assessment of a laboratory course designed to teach aircraft electrical power system and Multi-energy to engineering students. A key element of the course is the use of electrical power generation and distribution systems in the laboratory setting. The Aerospace Electrical power system course (AEPS) is the core topics for today’s electrical engineering students in the aerospace background University. With the rapid development of More Electrical Aircraft /All Electrical Aircraft, today's electrical engineers need the ability to design multi-energy integrated electrical systems. In order to train such engineers, this course is needed to highlight the unique engineering challenges of more-electrical energy systems. It is hoped that after paying attention to the use of power generation and distribution systems in the laboratory environment, the students' grades in this course will be improved to a certain extent. Students design, test, and analyze electrical power system with tools used widely in industry (such as MATLAB/Simulink and RT-LAB 5700 Hard-In-Loop platform). Several typical electrical power system experiments are presented, as well as detailed descriptions of several open-ended design projects: a digital controller for aerospace synchronized generator and a full PWM converter for HVDC power system, solid state power distribution, electrical power system testing and power quality analyzing or assessing. The experimental project has a positive impact on the student’s course learning, and to some extent improves their academic performance, and makes the distribution of their performance more reasonable.