A fuzzy logic based method for fault tolerant hierarchical load management of more electric aircraft

Abstract

With the increasing number of electrical loads, load management of the more electric aircraft becomes crucial for reliability and efficiency. One of the major challenge is to develop an optimal and reliable adaptive power control. This paper presents a three-level load management method with dedicated time steps for fault tolerance and increasing calculation efficiency. Both the operative mode and the health level of the loads are taken into account in the control using fuzzy logic. The electrical system of a V-tail more electric aircraft that consists of a generator, an auxiliary power unit, and several AC/DC buses and loads is examined by the proposed method in normal and faulty cases. Compared with some conventional methods, the proposed load management method has the advantage of efficiently shedding loads according to the power imbalance and the fault situation.