Hybrid electric aircraft are today’s answer for long-range flights with low emission. A hybrid-electric propulsion system can close the gap between the power density limitations of batteries and fossil fuel emissions.
In this growing market, it is a state of the art procedure for suppliers to deliver a virtual model of their component to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) enabling them to build a digital twin and test the integration. This digital twin enables engineers to perform Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) and test the plant model in the iron bird, which leads to shorter development and integration cycles.
The complexity of onboard power generation and battery management systems requires complete verification, which can be achieved with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing before it will undergo flight tests.
Using Simulink Real-Time™, you can develop your powertrain by performing HIL tests with the same models you used for the desktop simulation. This enables you to tune your powertrain and propulsion control system at an early development stage.
"We needed a reliable and fast controller to perform real-time testing. Speedgoat’s modular target machine fitted our technical requirements to control motors drives synchronously." FVA - Scientific Aviation Association Aachen
"We needed a reliable and fast controller to perform real-time testing. Speedgoat’s modular target machine fitted our technical requirements to control motors drives synchronously."
FVA - Scientific Aviation Association Aachen
Digital Twin
Fully leverage your digital twin starting with the requirement definition until the verification and certification in one coherent digital thread. Simulate the interaction between you electrical and mechanical design in a complete virtual environment and tune your physical hybrid electric propulsion system design in real-time using HIL testing.
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Powertrain
In this growing market, it is a state of the art procedure for suppliers to deliver a virtual model of their component to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), enabling them to build a digital twin and test its integration. This digital twin enables engineers to perform Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) and test the plant model in the iron bird, which leads to shorter development and integration cycles.
Flight Control
Develop, test, and certify the flight controller for your hybrid-electric aircraft. Perform HIL test on the power control system and verify its integration in the auto flight system while keeping track of all requirements from the aviation authorities.
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Onboard Power Generation
Simplify Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (P-HIL) testing by using high fidelity FPGA to sample high frequencies up to 1 Gsps and verify your onboard power system. You can perform stress tests on your system by performing fault insertion in the physical domain to determine how this influences your system requirements in the modeled domain in real-time to validate your complete design.
Battery Management Systems
Design and test your BMS for your onboard microgrid and power electronic system. You can perform Hardware-in-the-Loop tests for estimates state-of-charge (SoC) and state-of-health (SoH) monitoring. The emulation of individual cells or complete battery packs enables you to perform early testing of your BMS and evaluate how they interact with your onboard power system.
Electric Propulsion
Verify the design of your electric hybrid hydrogen fuel-cell and battery-based propulsion system using HIL to ensure the required design assurance level (DAL) for your new prototype. Ensure seamless integration of your electric propulsion system into your hydrogen and kerosene combustion power generation.
Success Stories
Bell Helicopter: Bell Helicopter Develops First Civilian Tiltrotor – Success Story
Scientific Aviation Association - Success Story
Aalto University: Students' mission to get Finland's first satellite into orbit - Success Story
HIL-Testing for Proterra’s battery electric bus – Success-Story
Relevant Ressources
MathWorks The DOD and DO-178C - Webinar
Digital Twin: Industrial IoT and Digital Twins - Webinar
MathWorks DO-178 – Case Study
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Battery Management Systems - Webinar
Rapid Control Prototyping for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Control - Webinar
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