Optimal Design and Synthesis of MEA Power System Architectures Considering Reliability Specifications

Aircraft electrification requires novel designs to supply the growing demand for electric power onboard through efficient and reliable production and distribution of electrical energy. Moreover, the aircraft power system will be a key enabler for the integration of future technologies. Pledging to these intentions, we propose a formulation to synthesize a power system architecture that complies with safety specifications following a platform-based design methodology that optimizes the main aerospace drivers. Due to the nonlinear nature of the design problem, this article presents reliability-based MILP network design formulations for topology synthesis. The novelty of this approach relies on the adoption of network design optimization for MEA power system construction that allows explicit design formulations as MILP problems. This approach will provide an effective way to include safety specifications by introducing reliability and resiliency constraints.