Batteries for Aerospace: a Brief Review

Alfonso Damiano;Mario Porru;Andrea Salimbeni;Alessandro Serpi

;Vincenzo Castiglia;Antonino Oscar Di Tommaso;Rosario Miceli;Giuseppe Schettino

2018-01-01

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Abstract

This paper presents a brief overview on batteries for aerospace application. In particular, More Electric Aircraft (MEA) and All Electric Aircraft (AEA) concepts are introduced at first, together with their main advantages and drawbacks. Subsequently, opportunities and issues related to the employment of batteries on aircrafts are presented and briefly discussed. Reference is then made to aircraft power system architectures and battery technologies, as well as on the state-of-the-art of battery management systems, state-of-charge and state-of-health estimations, and thermal management.